Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture in South Africa

South Africa: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture was 16,867 in 2050. ▲ Rising

Latest (2050)
16,867
World rank
28th
of 210 countries
All-time high
16,867
in 2050
All-time low
9,225
in 1966
Years of data
61
1961–2050

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture in South Africa, 1961–2050

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Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

The most recent figure for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc agriculture in South Africa is 16,867, measured in 2050. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc agriculture in South Africa peaked at 16,867 in 2050 and was at its lowest, 9,225, in 1966.

South Africa ranks 28th of 210 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture in South Africa, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture in South Africa, 1961 to 2050.
Year Value Change
1961 9,686
1962 9,823 +1.4%
1963 9,923 +1.0%
1964 9,790 -1.3%
1965 9,809 +0.2%
1966 9,225 -6.0%
1967 9,608 +4.2%
1968 9,620 +0.1%
1969 9,781 +1.7%
1970 9,752 -0.3%
1971 9,855 +1.1%
1972 10,054 +2.0%
1973 9,879 -1.7%
1974 10,293 +4.2%
1975 10,697 +3.9%
1976 10,876 +1.7%
1977 11,272 +3.6%
1978 11,548 +2.4%
1979 11,993 +3.9%
1980 12,187 +1.6%
1981 12,475 +2.4%
1982 12,170 -2.4%
1983 11,396 -6.4%
1984 11,447 +0.4%
1985 10,937 -4.4%
1986 10,938 +0.0%
1987 10,829 -1.0%
1988 11,218 +3.6%
1989 11,528 +2.8%
1990 13,038 +13.1%
1991 13,030 -0.1%
1992 12,664 -2.8%
1993 12,941 +2.2%
1994 12,674 -2.1%
1995 12,456 -1.7%
1996 13,278 +6.6%
1997 13,394 +0.9%
1998 13,611 +1.6%
1999 13,504 -0.8%
2000 13,625 +0.9%
2001 13,100 -3.9%
2002 14,054 +7.3%
2003 13,049 -7.2%
2004 12,819 -1.8%
2005 13,025 +1.6%
2006 12,765 -2.0%
2007 13,174 +3.2%
2008 13,474 +2.3%
2009 13,696 +1.6%
2010 13,502 -1.4%
2011 13,481 -0.1%
2012 13,764 +2.1%
2013 13,216 -4.0%
2014 13,447 +1.8%
2015 12,438 -7.5%
2016 11,777 -5.3%
2017 13,171 +11.8%
2018 12,841 -2.5%
2019 12,169 -5.2%
2030 15,118 +24.2%
2050 16,867 +11.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 9,696 9,225 9,923 9
1970s 10,622 9,752 11,993 10
1980s 11,512 10,829 12,475 10
1990s 13,059 12,456 13,611 10
2000s 13,278 12,765 14,054 10
2010s 12,980 11,777 13,764 10
2030s 15,118 15,118 15,118 1
2050s 16,867 16,867 16,867 1

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 25 Kenya 18,270 compare
  2. 26 Philippines 17,768 compare
  3. 27 Thailand 17,285 compare
  4. 29 South Sudan 16,670 compare
  5. 30 Chad 16,202 compare
  6. 31 United Kingdom 15,724 compare

See the full ranking of 210 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc agriculture in South Africa?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc agriculture in South Africa was 16,867 in 2050, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc agriculture recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 16,867 in 2050.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc agriculture recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 9,225 in 1966.
How does South Africa rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - ipcc agriculture?
South Africa ranks 28th out of 210 countries with data for 2050.
Where does this South Africa data come from?
The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture
Source
FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
210 places, 11,335 data points, 1961–2050
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).