Environment in South Africa 3,598 indicators covering environment for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Export quantity 262 t 2024 up 773.3% 33rd Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Export value 288 1000 USD 2024 up 966.7% 30th Total fibre furnish — Production, per square kilometre 1.73 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.5% 54th Case materials — Export quantity 325,530 t 2024 up 11.6% 30th Case materials — Export value 197,035 1000 USD 2024 down 16.5% 30th Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services 68 % 2024 down 1.4% 80th Cartonboard — Export quantity 15,413 t 2024 up 5.6% 49th Cartonboard — Export value 22,805 1000 USD 2024 down 16.5% 52nd Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0812 m3 per person 2024 up 3.8% 42nd Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.5% 31st Printing and writing papers, coated — Export quantity 7,503 t 2024 down 44.1% 31st Printing and writing papers, coated — Export value 10,950 1000 USD 2024 down 38.5% 33rd Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export quantity 7,348 t 2024 down 34.6% 27th Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export value 10,438 1000 USD 2024 down 19.4% 25th Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 70.4% 2023 up 15.0% 109th Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 96.5% 2023 up 5.2% 98th Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 89.8% 2023 up 9.8% 99th Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding -56.71 Mt CO2e 2023 down 24.4% 166th Turkeys — Stocks 541,000 An 2023 up 2.1% 37th Turkeys — Amount excreted in manure 993,644 kg 2023 up 2.1% 37th Turkeys — Manure left on pasture 804,852 kg 2023 up 2.1% 14th Turkeys — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 160,970 kg 2023 up 2.1% 14th Turkeys — Manure left on pasture that leaches 241,455 kg 2023 up 2.1% 14th Turkeys — Manure management 188,792 kg 2023 up 2.1% 56th Turkeys — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 — 40th Turkeys — Manure applied to soils 188,792 kg 2023 up 2.1% 56th Turkeys — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 37,758 kg 2023 up 2.1% 56th Turkeys — Manure applied to soils that leaches 56,638 kg 2023 up 2.1% 56th Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 245,406 t 2024 up 208.5% 6th Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 56,180 1000 USD 2024 up 158.3% 11th Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 5.57 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% 45th Share of land covered by forest 18.9% 2025 up 4.0% 135th 6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value 16.87 USD/m3 2023 down 63.2% 139th 6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value 68.94 USD/m3 2023 up 28.6% 83rd Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Production 216,000 t 2024 down 38.7% 19th 6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value 67.6 % 2023 up 15.1% 24th Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import quantity 16,813 t 2024 down 2.5% 47th Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import value 21,398 1000 USD 2024 up 14.8% 42nd Particle board — Production 1.02 million m3 2024 up 57.1% 28th NPK fertilizers — Import quantity 3,472 t 2024 down 86.7% 127th NPK fertilizers — Import value 3,752 1000 USD 2024 down 71.9% 120th Land use 12.41 million hectares 2023 unchanged 28th Dissolving wood pulp — Export quantity 1.10 million t 2024 up 21.2% 3rd Dissolving wood pulp — Export value 996,873 1000 USD 2024 up 39.8% 2nd 6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 40.15 % 2023 up 9.4% 31st 6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value 11.79 % 2023 down 25.7% 22nd Recovered paper — Production, per capita 0.0185 t per person 2024 down 3.5% 49th 6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) — Value 15.65 % 2023 up 154.1% 10th Urea — Import value 323,128 1000 USD 2024 up 6.5% 14th Urea — Import quantity 934,650 t 2024 up 3.3% 12th Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 1.59 t per square kilometre 2023 down 16.6% 53rd Hardboard — Export quantity 784 m3 2024 down 94.7% 57th Hardboard — Export value 757 1000 USD 2024 down 94.5% 57th Other paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 1.28 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% 52nd Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import quantity 264 t 2024 down 88.7% 66th Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import value 236 1000 USD 2024 down 88.0% 59th Recovered paper — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 5.6% 11th Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 30,722 m3 2024 up 815.2% 43rd Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 9,877 1000 USD 2024 up 768.7% 44th Other fibreboard — Production 0 m3 2024 — 38th ← Previous Page 22 of 60 Next →