South Africa CO2 emissions data for 2019

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Africa emit in 2019?

South Africa emitted 465.43 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019. This represents 1.26% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Africa in 2019?

In 2019, South Africa emitted 8.01 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 58087060.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 465.43 million tonnes emitted by South Africa in 2019 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	56.48	0.97
Gas	9.11	0.16
Coal	394.35	6.79
Cement	5.45	0.09
Flaring	0.04	0.0

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