Environment in South Africa 3,557 indicators covering environment for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change 2025 up 214.7% 11th Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change 2025 up 223.1% 4th Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 10th Standard Deviation 0.275 °C 2025 unchanged 151st Temperature change 1.05 °C 2025 down 24.5% 183rd Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.4366 % change on previous year 2024 down 58.7% 100th Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 8.9% 73rd Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 16.7% 50th Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.85 % change on previous year 2024 down 50.9% 50th Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.6% 73rd Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 17.4% 109th Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual -7.42 % change on previous year 2024 up 26.4% 191st Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.0% 77th Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 36.0% 94th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year 2024 up 591.6% 154th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 25.7% 46th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 14.9% 52nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) -1.42 % change on previous year 2024 down 207.7% 176th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.3% 29th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 42.6% 65th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0.3823 % change on previous year 2024 up 143.0% 74th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.9% 10th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 19.5% 17th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.8767 % change on previous year 2024 down 74.1% 135th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.9% 18th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 21.3% 41st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 9.29 % change on previous year 2024 up 132.9% 1st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 6.8% 42nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 2.4% 63rd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 3.02 % change on previous year 2024 up 24.6% 77th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.0% 9th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 21.4% 36th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 6.44 % change on previous year 2024 up 34.3% 19th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.5% 5th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 20.0% 19th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) -6.78 % change on previous year 2024 down 48.9% 192nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 17.4% 75th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 24.5% 110th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5303 % change on previous year 2024 down 89.3% 83rd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 6.0% 72nd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 14.1% 73rd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) -5.47 % change on previous year 2024 down 196.3% 190th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.4% 84th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 29.0% 103rd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 1.97 % change on previous year 2024 up 409.6% 35th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 7.6% 37th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 15.6% 13th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0.6027 % change on previous year 2024 up 187.4% 65th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.1% 29th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 20.6% 36th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) -1.43 % change on previous year 2024 down 702.7% 156th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 11.0% 58th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 18.6% 64th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 0.1593 % change on previous year 2024 down 95.6% 124th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 7.2% 77th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 15.2% 73rd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 6.9 % change on previous year 2024 up 44.1% 21st Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.5% 18th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 20.0% 29th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) -7.2 % change on previous year 2024 down 400.8% 193rd Page 1 of 60 Next →