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World Development Indicators

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita): South Africa

Most recent
6.877 (2024)
Earliest
8.329 (1970)
Highest
9.546 (2008)
Years reported
55
Member state
South Africa at the United Nations
05101970: 8.3291971: 8.041972: 8.0941973: 8.5721974: 8.6041975: 8.9881976: 9.2951977: 9.0381978: 8.0041979: 7.9821980: 8.2251981: 8.3981982: 8.3181983: 8.0991984: 8.3411985: 8.2021986: 7.8791987: 8.0681988: 7.9191989: 7.6071990: 7.7121991: 7.3431992: 7.061993: 6.971994: 7.0121995: 7.3011996: 7.4541997: 7.691998: 7.7291999: 7.2922000: 7.3642001: 7.5132002: 7.7212003: 8.1152004: 8.692005: 8.8152006: 8.8122007: 9.1032008: 9.5462009: 8.8342010: 8.8712011: 8.3782012: 8.5772013: 8.6892014: 8.7532015: 8.1492016: 8.0372017: 8.1482018: 8.0772019: 8.0142020: 7.4452021: 7.2932022: 6.8832023: 6.7592024: 6.87719702024
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita), 1970–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearCO2 emissions per capita
20246.877
20236.759
20226.883
20217.293
20207.445
20198.014
20188.077
20178.148
20168.037
20158.149
20148.753
20138.689
20128.577
20118.378
20108.871
20098.834
20089.546
20079.103
20068.812
20058.815
20048.69
20038.115
20027.721
20017.513
20007.364
19997.292
19987.729
19977.69
19967.454
19957.301
19947.012
19936.97
19927.06
19917.343
19907.712
19897.607
19887.919
19878.068
19867.879
19858.202
19848.341
19838.099
19828.318
19818.398
19808.225
19797.982
19788.004
19779.038
19769.295
19758.988
19748.604
19738.572
19728.094
19718.04
19708.329

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