South Africa's greenhouse gas emissions by sector
South Africa's greenhouse gas emissions broken down by five key sectors: energy, industrial processes and product use (IPPU), agriculture, waste, and land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF).
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The data
35 rows, 6 columns.
- year Year
- Calendar year 1990 – 2024
- energy Number
- Energy sector emissions in gigagrams of carbon dioxide equivalent 313869 – 430543
- ippu Number
- Industrial processes and product use sector emissions in gigagrams of carbon dioxide equivalent 21242 – 41597
- agriculture Number
- Agriculture sector emissions in gigagrams of carbon dioxide equivalent 52041 – 58804
- lulucf Number
- Land use, land use change and forestry emissions in gigagrams of carbon dioxide equivalent -33412 – 3155
- waste Number
- Waste sector emissions in gigagrams of carbon dioxide equivalent 11346 – 19245
Latest rows
| year | energy | ippu | agriculture | lulucf | waste |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 375216 | 30372 | 52744 | -33412 | 19245 |
| 2023 | 362459 | 31788 | 53321 | -12679 | 19057 |
| 2022 | 370030 | 30984 | 52073 | -20305 | 19107 |
| 2021 | 383643 | 27841 | 52041 | -9902 | 18578 |
| 2020 | 371513 | 25098 | 52351 | -20472 | 17861 |
| 2019 | 396575 | 27469 | 52988 | -4655 | 18614 |
| 2018 | 394993 | 30269 | 53952 | 1819 | 18611 |
| 2017 | 390857 | 32508 | 54690 | -60 | 17761 |
| 2016 | 392064 | 40337 | 55487 | -15256 | 18050 |
| 2015 | 395736 | 41597 | 56750 | -2279 | 17701 |
| 2014 | 405051 | 39234 | 57718 | -22431 | 17509 |
| 2013 | 407094 | 38913 | 57412 | -26852 | 17308 |
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