South Africa CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Africa emit in 2018?

South Africa emitted 435.24 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 1.18% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Africa in 2018?

In 2018, South Africa emitted 7.59 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 57339632.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 435.24 million tonnes emitted by South Africa in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	65.48	1.14
Gas	9.12	0.16
Coal	355.11	6.19
Cement	5.47	0.1
Flaring	0.06	0.0

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