Environment in South Africa 3,621 indicators covering environment for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Others (adjustment) — Plywood — Export Value 6,133 1000 USD 2018 up 29,104.8% 8th Others (adjustment) — Plywood — Export Quantity 5,389 m3 2018 up 107,680.0% 38th Per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group 0.1265 kilograms 2024 up 40.6% 62nd Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS 11,582 1000 ha 2019 — 24th Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 1,082 1000 ha 2019 — 21st Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS 22,057 1000 ha 2019 — 13th Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 239.05 1000 ha 2019 — 54th Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS 12,383 1000 ha 2019 — 28th Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS 305.33 1000 ha 2019 — 53rd Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS 87.84 1000 ha 2019 — 63rd Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Export quantity 27,610 m3 2024 up 93.3% 18th Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Export value 4,193 1000 USD 2024 up 656.9% 16th Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical 241,941 m3 2018 up 20.0% 21st Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical 14,275 1000 USD 2018 up 20.0% 33rd Thailand — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 6,760 t 2018 up 11.6% 18th Thailand — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 8,077 1000 USD 2018 up 25.3% 17th Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Export quantity 2,750 t 2024 up 1.2% 37th Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Export value 23,202 1000 USD 2024 up 61.7% 38th Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export quantity 1 t 2016 — 44th Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export value 1 1000 USD 2016 — 46th Republic of Korea — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 31,281 1000 USD 2018 down 15.6% 10th India — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 20,078 t 2018 up 375.6% 12th India — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 24,455 1000 USD 2018 up 201.2% 11th Belgium — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 2,620 t 2018 down 43.5% 48th Belgium — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 4,272 1000 USD 2018 down 50.9% 37th Share of plastic waste exports 1.4% 2024 up 519.8% 17th Russian Federation — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 55,560 1000 USD 2018 up 4,096.4% 28th Brazil — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 47,286 t 2018 up 410.9% 10th Brazil — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 68,960 1000 USD 2018 up 408.6% 7th Superphosphates above 35% — Export quantity 241.3 t 2024 down 95.1% 37th Superphosphates above 35% — Export value 125.13 1000 USD 2024 down 89.4% 36th Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous -9,102 m3 2018 — 115th Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous -537 1000 USD 2018 — 101st Sodium nitrate — Export quantity 1,664 t 2024 up 84.1% 9th Insecticides — Export quantity 6,179 t 2006 down 13.2% 15th Wood fuel, coniferous — Import quantity 56,902 m3 2024 down 78.3% 11th Wood fuel, coniferous — Import value 1,947 1000 USD 2024 down 78.4% 18th Sodium nitrate — Export value 1,527 1000 USD 2024 up 143.0% 8th Watermelons — Producer Price 4,389 SLC 2024 up 36.5% 44th Malaysia — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 38,343 1000 USD 2018 down 40.3% 14th Disinfectants, etc — Export value 10,040 1000 USD 2006 up 119.0% 22nd Republic of Korea — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 36,479 t 2018 down 16.8% 9th Republic of Korea — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 30,518 1000 USD 2018 down 17.6% 10th Switzerland — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 1,928 1000 USD 2018 down 83.7% 40th Watermelons — Producer Price 239.4 USD 2024 down 19.1% 62nd Wood pellets, briquettes and other agglomerates — Production 15,000 t 2024 down 25.0% 65th T�rkiye — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 10,975 1000 USD 2018 up 503.7% 27th France — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 6,499 1000 USD 2018 down 61.7% 40th Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, unbleached (1961-2016) — Production 0 t 2016 — 9th Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Production 0 t 2016 — 13th Unspecified Area — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 4,431 1000 USD 2018 up 36.1% 27th Portugal — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 8,669 1000 USD 2018 up 428.9% 32nd Total FAO — Veneer sheets — Export Value 4,741 1000 USD 2018 down 78.6% 49th Total FAO — Veneer sheets — Export Quantity 1,122 m3 2018 down 75.4% 57th Singapore — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 6,884 1000 USD 2018 up 35.7% 18th Mechanical and semi-chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 5,722 t 2024 up 47,583.3% 19th Mechanical and semi-chemical wood pulp — Export value 3,663 1000 USD 2024 up 21,447.1% 19th Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Agricultural Use 253,318 t 2011 down 14.9% 11th Above-ground forest biomass 67.72 tonnes per hectare 2025 up 0.3% 160th Poland — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 9,996 1000 USD 2018 up 121.9% 40th ← Previous Page 31 of 61 Next →