Reference Data in South Africa 3,934 indicators covering reference data for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Land-Use Change and 7.07 2018 up 6.8% 46th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Energy 436.1 2018 up 1.5% 14th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Agriculture 30.03 2018 down 7.3% 41st CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Land-Use Change and Forestry 6.55 2018 up 2.5% 48th CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total including LUCF 439.8 2018 up 1.6% 15th CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Energy 428.05 2018 up 1.5% 13th CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total excluding LUCF 433.25 2018 up 1.6% 13th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total including LUCF 520.5 2018 up 3.3% 16th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total excluding LUCF 513.44 2018 up 3.2% 15th Potato production 2.62 million tonnes 2024 up 16.7% 28th Per capita GHG emissions 9.01 tons/capita 2018 down 11.1% 50th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 6,196 number 2014 up 139.4% 16th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Other Fuel Combustion 13.93 2018 up 42.4% 24th 09_Insured export credit exposures, Berne Union, per square kilometre 13,123 units per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% 128th 10_Insured export credit exposures, short term (BU), per square 10,075 BU per square kilometre 2023 up 72.9% 113th CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Industrial Processes 5.21 2018 up 4.4% 30th Employment discrimination based on gender prohibited, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Transportation 56.86 2018 up 20.9% 25th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Manufacturing/Construction 46.76 2018 up 6.6% 18th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat 281.88 2018 down 3.9% 8th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Building 33.84 2018 up 4.5% 16th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Bunker Fuels 9.46 2018 up 41.4% 26th CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Transportation 56.86 2018 up 20.9% 25th CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Manufacturing/Construction 46.76 2018 up 6.6% 18th CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Building 33.84 2018 up 4.5% 16th CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Bunker Fuels 9.46 2018 up 41.4% 26th Tariff rate for primary and manufactured products 4.7% 2022 up 10.4% 85th Tariff rate across all products 4.7% 2022 up 10.4% 85th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.8597 GPIA 2018 up 26.0% 106th Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Fugitive Emissions 2.82 2018 down 6.6% 55th Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes 89.0% 2018 down 5.8% 147th Probability of dying, by age 0.0277 2021 down 16.8% 55th GHG growth -0.2% 2018 down 102.4% 131st Member countries of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 1 number 2025 — 1st Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 0.2729 2023 down 20.7% 115th Total official development assistance for technical co-operation 1.07 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2024 up 312.6% 12th End of the academic school year 2,020 pre-primary to post-secondary non tertiary education 2020 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 1 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged 181st End month of the academic school year 12 pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education 2020 unchanged 1st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 3.83 Percentage of GDP 2021 up 57.5% 26th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 2.44 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 38.1% 3rd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 7.33 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 6.2% 55th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.0294 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 3.9% 66th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.396 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 58.9% 54th Sanitation facilities usage, annual growth rate -16.95 % change on previous year 2024 down 75.2% 120th 03_Official bilateral loans, total 3.34 billion 2023 up 140.3% 18th 02_Cross-border loans from BIS banks to nonbanks 15.52 billion 2025 down 1.5% 55th 01_Cross-border loans from BIS reporting banks 34.22 billion 2025 up 4.2% 51st Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, annual growth rate -47.79 % change on previous year 2025 down 67.3% 107th Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 4 years 2019 up 300.0% 1st Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2019 down 50.0% 58th Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector 212.62 kilograms per person 2023 down 11.4% 91st 17_International debt securities, nonbanks, annual growth rate 3.96 % change on previous year 2025 up 223.6% 57th People not using safely managed sanitation facilities 16.78 million people 2024 down 32.3% 35th Share of population using safely managed sanitation 73.8% 2024 up 33.1% 64th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 16,967 number 1994 up 60.2% 42nd Total net enrolment rate, primary, male 88.2% 2018 down 5.7% 151st Total net enrolment rate, primary, female 89.8% 2018 down 6.0% 142nd Share of land area that is protected 9.6% 2025 down 14.3% 155th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.08 GPIA 2018 down 0.8% 41st ← Previous Page 22 of 66 Next →