South Africa - Greenhouse gas emissions

Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

The value for Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent) in South Africa was 49,022 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54,698 in 2012 and a minimum value of -23,269 in 1992.

Definition: Other greenhouse gas emissions are by-product emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

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Year Value
1970 20,251
1971 18,720
1972 12,037
1973 11,788
1974 9,676
1975 9,483
1976 8,568
1977 8,525
1978 6,808
1979 9,571
1980 8,716
1981 2,513
1982 2,967
1983 3,060
1990 -18,873
1991 -18,031
1992 -23,269
1993 -17,267
1994 -17,665
1995 -17,978
1996 -19,043
1997 -20,768
1998 -18,814
1999 -18,333
2000 -18,331
2001 31,974
2002 28,986
2003 22,628
2004 26,423
2005 12,827
2006 9,401
2007 7,557
2008 13,354
2009 15,479
2010 31,794
2011 33,844
2012 54,698
2013 50,626
2014 52,918
2015 45,883
2016 49,022

Other greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990)

The value for Other greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990) in South Africa was 894.58 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,178.34 in 2005 and a minimum value of -33.05 in 1993.

Definition: Other greenhouse gas emissions are by-product emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. Each year of data shows the percentage change to that year from 1990.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

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Year Value
1991 -21.75
1992 21.56
1993 -33.05
1994 -22.68
1995 -20.19
1996 -23.15
1997 -21.56
1998 1,166.91
1999 1,031.29
2000 643.55
2001 893.41
2002 960.94
2003 747.62
2004 590.27
2005 1,178.34
2006 677.72
2007 969.36
2008 872.19
2009 782.84
2010 894.58
2011 894.58
2012 894.58

Total greenhouse gas emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)

The value for Total greenhouse gas emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent) in South Africa was 513,440 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 525,050 in 2014 and a minimum value of 305,650 in 1992.

Definition: Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and Savannah burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).

Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), EDGARv4.2 FT2012: http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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Year Value
1990 312,740
1991 308,690
1992 305,650
1993 314,090
1994 320,040
1995 330,560
1996 340,020
1997 353,520
1998 359,930
1999 339,740
2000 344,130
2001 378,210
2002 393,810
2003 415,180
2004 442,840
2005 442,920
2006 445,530
2007 465,580
2008 497,470
2009 476,950
2010 499,720
2011 484,250
2012 503,110
2013 513,020
2014 525,050
2015 501,090
2016 501,550
2017 514,600
2018 513,440

Total greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990)

The value for Total greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990) in South Africa was 43.79 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43.79 in 2007 and a minimum value of -1.66 in 1991.

Definition: Total greenhouse gas emissions are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and Savannah burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6). Each year of data shows the percentage change to that year from 1990.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also:

Year Value
1991 -1.66
1992 1.33
1993 -0.39
1994 1.85
1995 6.34
1996 9.87
1997 15.41
1998 31.13
1999 23.38
2000 20.41
2001 19.14
2002 24.30
2003 30.68
2004 35.37
2005 42.70
2006 37.47
2007 43.79

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions