Environment in South Africa 3,621 indicators covering environment for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank 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 Watermelons — Production, per capita 0.0014 t per person 2024 up 28.5% 85th Watermelons — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 40.6% 78th Watermelons — Area harvested, per capita 0.0001 ha per person 2024 up 21.6% 85th Other fibreboard — Production 0 m3 2024 — 38th Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 4.28 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 22.8% 45th Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import value 120,964 1000 USD 2024 down 4.3% 19th 6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (No breakdown) — Value 16.01 USD/m3 2023 down 17.4% 84th Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import quantity 37,980 t 2024 up 3,793.0% 44th Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import value 14,841 1000 USD 2024 up 5,220.0% 48th Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import quantity 430,130 t 2024 up 12.7% 15th Ammonium sulphate — Import quantity 399,761 t 2024 up 252.7% 10th Ammonium sulphate — Import value 74,936 1000 USD 2024 up 246.2% 11th Potassium nitrate — Import quantity 32,609 t 2024 down 42.8% 8th Potassium nitrate — Import value 28,369 1000 USD 2024 down 38.0% 9th 6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 0.14 USD/m3 2023 down 12.5% 113th Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 2.42 million hectares 2025 up 6.4% 23rd Mules and hinnies — Stocks 16,075 An 2023 up 7.2% 29th Mules and hinnies — Amount excreted in manure 350,869 kg 2023 up 7.2% 28th Mules and hinnies — Manure left on pasture 347,360 kg 2023 up 7.2% 28th Mules and hinnies — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 69,472 kg 2023 up 7.2% 28th Mules and hinnies — Manure left on pasture that leaches 104,208 kg 2023 up 7.2% 28th Mules and hinnies — Manure management 7,017 kg 2023 up 7.2% 26th Mules and hinnies — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 — 1st Mules and hinnies — Manure applied to soils 7,017 kg 2023 up 7.2% 26th Mules and hinnies — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 1,403 kg 2023 up 7.2% 26th Mules and hinnies — Manure applied to soils that leaches 2,105 kg 2023 up 7.2% 26th Ammonia, anhydrous — Import quantity 146,205 t 2024 down 5.8% 22nd Ammonia, anhydrous — Import value 61,026 1000 USD 2024 down 22.1% 23rd Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Import quantity 505.64 t 2024 down 94.2% 97th Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Import value 699.99 1000 USD 2024 down 93.1% 94th Other NP compounds — Import quantity 2,031 t 2024 up 713.6% 68th Other NP compounds — Import value 2,439 1000 USD 2024 up 727.3% 62nd Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Import value 198,110 1000 USD 2024 up 123.9% 6th Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Import value 61,161 1000 USD 2024 up 41.2% 5th Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Import quantity 352,119 t 2024 up 107.2% 6th Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Import quantity 120,823 t 2024 up 85.1% 3rd Share using safely managed drinking water 68.0% 2024 down 1.7% 103rd People not using safely managed drinking water sources 20.48 million people 2024 up 19.4% 21st Drinking water service usage 68.0% 2024 down 1.7% 103rd Mules and hinnies — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2023 — 23rd Mules and hinnies — Share in total livestock 0.07 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% 51st Mules and hinnies — Stocks 9,645 LSU 2023 up 7.2% 29th River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 1.05 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 0.1% 121st ← Previous Page 23 of 61 Next →