South Africa
CO₂ per person in South Africa
CO₂ per person in South Africa: 8.33 tonnes in 1970 and 6.88 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 6.88 tonnes
- Since 1970
- −1.45 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 35 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 9.55 tonnes in 2008, the lowest 6.76 tonnes in 2023.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | South Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.88 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 6.76 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 6.88 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 7.29 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 7.45 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 8.01 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 8.08 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 8.15 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 8.04 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 8.15 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 8.75 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 8.69 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 8.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 8.38 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 8.87 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 8.83 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 9.55 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 9.1 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 8.81 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 8.82 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 8.69 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 8.12 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 7.72 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 7.51 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 7.36 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 7.29 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 7.73 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 7.69 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 7.45 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 7.3 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 7.01 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 6.97 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 7.06 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 7.34 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 7.71 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 7.61 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 7.92 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 8.07 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 7.88 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 8.2 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 8.34 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 8.1 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 8.32 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 8.4 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 8.23 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 7.98 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 9.04 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 9.3 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 8.99 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 8.6 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 8.57 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 8.09 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 8.04 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 8.33 | 4.15 |
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
South Africa in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$49 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel89,000 people in 2020
- National power0.55% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports115 million TIV in 2025