South Africa vs South America: Other — Emissions (N2O)

South Africa
9.04 kt
in 2023
South America
38.28 kt
in 2023
South Africa rank
15th
South America rank
17th

Other — Emissions (N2O) over time

  • South Africa
  • South America
01020304050196119922023

How they compare

South America currently reports 38.28 kt against 9.04 kt in South Africa, a difference of 29.24 kt.

That makes South America's figure about 4.2 times South Africa's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.

South Africa ranks 15th and South America ranks 17th of 228 countries.

South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa South America Difference Ahead
1960s 4.59 kt 10.97 kt 6.38 kt South America
1970s 5.16 kt 16.34 kt 11.17 kt South America
1980s 5.99 kt 29.6 kt 23.61 kt South America
1990s 7.13 kt 34.13 kt 26.99 kt South America
2000s 9.33 kt 37.28 kt 27.95 kt South America
2010s 10.25 kt 39.48 kt 29.23 kt South America
2020s 9.28 kt 38.89 kt 29.61 kt South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher other — emissions, South Africa or South America?
South America, at 38.28 kt against 9.04 kt in South Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in other — emissions between South Africa and South America?
29.24 kt, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and South America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do South Africa and South America rank globally for other — emissions?
South Africa ranks 15th and South America ranks 17th of 228 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Other — 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
Other — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
261 places, 15,016 data points, 1961–2023
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