South Africa vs Southern Africa: AFOLU — Indirect emissions

South Africa
12.86 kt
in 2023
Southern Africa
17.56 kt
in 2023
South Africa rank
28th
Southern Africa rank
29th

AFOLU — Indirect emissions over time

  • South Africa
  • Southern Africa
05101520199020062023

How they compare

Southern Africa currently reports 17.56 kt against 12.86 kt in South Africa, a difference of 4.7 kt.

That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.4 times South Africa's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.

South Africa ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 29th of 192 countries.

Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 14.34 kt 19.35 kt 5.01 kt Southern Africa
2000s 14.21 kt 19.38 kt 5.17 kt Southern Africa
2010s 13.86 kt 18.73 kt 4.87 kt Southern Africa
2020s 12.87 kt 17.16 kt 4.29 kt Southern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher afolu — indirect emissions, South Africa or Southern Africa?
Southern Africa, at 17.56 kt against 12.86 kt in South Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in afolu — indirect emissions between South Africa and Southern Africa?
4.7 kt, with Southern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Southern Africa?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do South Africa and Southern Africa rank globally for afolu — indirect emissions?
South Africa ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 29th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as AFOLU — Indirect emissions (N2O). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
AFOLU — Indirect emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
244 places, 8,019 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf