South Africa - Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry

Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent - 1990 to 2019

Since 2014, South Africa Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry rose 0.2% year on year. In 2019, the country was ranked number 12 among other countries in Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry with 395.58 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. South Africa is overtaken by Latvia, which was ranked number 11 with 1,417.54 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent and is followed by Slovenia with 243.14 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. Indonesia topped the ranking with 1,352,288.35 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent in 2019, that is a growth of 1.1% compared to 2018. Brazil, India and Iceland respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Denmark recorded the best 5 years average growth at +28% per year, while Luxembourg was the worst growing country at -17.5% per year.