South Africa CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Africa emit in 2016?

South Africa emitted 456.97 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 1.29% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Africa in 2016?

In 2016, South Africa emitted 8.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 56422272.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 456.97 million tonnes emitted by South Africa in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	58.93	1.04
Gas	7.82	0.14
Coal	384.49	6.81
Cement	5.69	0.1
Flaring	0.04	0.0

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