South Africa CO2 emissions data for 2014

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Africa emit in 2014?

South Africa emitted 471.87 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2014. This represents 1.33% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Africa in 2014?

In 2014, South Africa emitted 8.62 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 54729556.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 471.87 million tonnes emitted by South Africa in 2014 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	58.66	1.07
Gas	9.04	0.17
Coal	399.2	7.29
Cement	4.91	0.09
Flaring	0.05	0.0

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