Climate Change in South Africa

1,341 indicators covering climate change for South Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production 140,000 t 2023 down 21.3% 20th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity 0.2776 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 1.2% 156th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) 516.34 kt 2023 up 9.8% 24th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production 1.86 million t 2023 up 11.2% 14th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions intensity 0.4367 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 23.2% 151st
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions (CO2eq) 209.63 kt 2023 down 21.2% 35th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production 480,000 t 2023 up 2.6% 30th
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity 0.9583 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 48.6% 169th
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) 338.56 kt 2023 down 16.0% 58th
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 353,280 t 2023 up 63.4% 39th
Energy — Emissions 1,410 kt 2023 down 13.5% 17th
Energy — Emissions 9.17 kt 2023 down 10.1% 30th
Energy — Emissions 428,000 kt 2023 down 10.3% 17th
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 39,480 kt 2023 down 13.5% 17th
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,430 kt 2023 down 10.1% 30th
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) 469,910 kt 2023 down 10.6% 17th
IPPU — Emissions 4.36 kt 2023 down 19.9% 26th
IPPU — Emissions 1.33 kt 2023 up 11.8% 65th
IPPU — Emissions 15,500 kt 2023 down 7.7% 31st
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases 16,300 kt 2023 up 131.5% 19th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 122.08 kt 2023 down 19.9% 26th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 352.45 kt 2023 up 11.8% 65th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) 32,274 kt 2023 up 32.8% 26th
Waste — Emissions 751 kt 2023 up 9.5% 20th
Waste — Emissions 2.91 kt 2023 up 6.2% 39th
Waste — Emissions 29.4 kt 2023 up 34.9% 39th
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 21,028 kt 2023 up 9.5% 20th
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 771.15 kt 2023 up 6.2% 39th
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) 21,829 kt 2023 up 9.4% 21st
Other — Emissions 9.04 kt 2023 down 13.1% 15th
Other — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,396 kt 2023 down 13.1% 15th
Other — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,396 kt 2023 down 13.1% 16th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions 644.89 kt 2023 down 5.2% 58th
IPCC Agriculture — Direct emissions 33.85 kt 2023 down 5.1% 41st
IPCC Agriculture — Indirect emissions 12.86 kt 2023 down 9.5% 36th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions 50.71 kt 2023 up 2.4% 40th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 18,057 kt 2023 down 5.2% 58th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 13,438 kt 2023 up 2.4% 44th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) 31,495 kt 2023 down 2.1% 51st
Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions 32.95 kt 2023 down 4.8% 41st
Agricultural Soils — Indirect emissions 6.96 kt 2023 down 7.7% 40th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions 42.24 kt 2023 down 4.9% 46th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,192 kt 2023 down 4.9% 46th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) 11,192 kt 2023 down 4.9% 46th
Annual Net Emissions/Removals (Greenhouse gas, Total, Metric ton of) 0.0004 units per square kilometre 2023 down 8.7% 89th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per square 24,114 tonnes per square kilometre 2023 up 18.3% 79th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per square kilometre 5,953 tonnes per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% 96th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region, per square kilometre 18,455 tonnes per square kilometre 2023 up 25.2% 73rd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions, per square kilometre 18,455 tonnes per square kilometre 2023 up 25.2% 73rd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 17.7% 92nd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 0.0% 83rd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre 0.0092 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% 129th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), annual growth rate -5.22 % change on previous year 2023 down 149.6% 211th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 17.7% 92nd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 0.0% 83rd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square 0.0092 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% 129th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), annual growth -5.22 % change on previous year 2023 down 149.6% 211th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.7% 92nd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 0.0% 83rd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% 129th