TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for South Africa

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for South Africa (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for South Africa . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1884 6 N/A 1885 10 N/A 1886 13 N/A 1887 13 N/A 1888 22 N/A 1889 36 N/A 1890 81 N/A 1891 81 N/A 1892 131 N/A 1893 491 N/A 1894 664 N/A 1895 911 N/A 1896 1162 N/A 1897 1304 N/A 1898 1651 N/A 1899 1506 N/A 1900 636 N/A 1901 1067 N/A 1902 1590 N/A 1903 2124 N/A 1904 2393 N/A 1905 2737 N/A 1906 3129 N/A 1907 3453 N/A 1908 3550 N/A 1909 4087 N/A 1910 4673 N/A 1911 4506 N/A 1912 4786 N/A 1913 5235 N/A 1914 5073 N/A 1915 5105 N/A 1916 6026 N/A 1917 6454 N/A 1918 6125 N/A 1919 6370 N/A 1920 7070 N/A 1921 7027 N/A 1922 6018 N/A 1923 7300 N/A 1924 7700 N/A 1925 8013 N/A 1926 8464 N/A 1927 8246 N/A 1928 8322 N/A 1929 8720 N/A 1930 8155 N/A 1931 7274 N/A 1932 6695 N/A 1933 7258 N/A 1934 8298 N/A 1935 9295 N/A 1936 10281 N/A 1937 10873 N/A 1938 11463 N/A 1939 12064 N/A 1940 13043 N/A 1941 13674 N/A 1942 15144 N/A 1943 14673 N/A 1944 17323 N/A 1945 15249 N/A 1946 15297 N/A 1947 15240 N/A 1948 15585 N/A 1949 16537 N/A 1950 16661 1.22 1951 17783 1.27 1952 19351 1.35 1953 19382 1.32 1954 20174 1.34 1955 22641 1.47 1956 23822 1.51 1957 24475 1.52 1958 26277 1.59 1959 25791 1.52 1960 26711 1.54 1961 27878 1.56 1962 28847 1.57 1963 29954 1.59 1964 32635 1.69 1965 34981 1.76 1966 35008 1.73 1967 36516 1.76 1968 37661 1.78 1969 39078 1.81 1970 40847 1.85 1971 45975 2.04 1972 46836 2.03 1973 47329 2 1974 48203 1.99 1975 50512 2.04 1976 52670 2.08 1977 54535 2.11 1978 55121 2.09 1979 59706 2.21 1980 62309 2.26 1981 70195 2.49 1982 76572 2.66 1983 79704 2.71 1984 86173 2.87 1985 88427 2.88 1986 90238 2.88 1987 89740 2.8 1988 93566 2.86 1989 93034 2.79 1990 90963 2.5 1991 94460 2.61 1992 88601 2.4 1993 93428 2.47 1994 97895 2.53 1995 96404 2.44 1996 97818 2.42 1997 101278 2.46 1998 101521 2.34 1999 101198 2.31 2000 100537 2.28 2001 98937 2.23 2002 94831 2.13 2003 103884 2.34 2004 113273 2.43 2005 111570 2.38 2006 113086 2.39 2007 115025 0 2008 120520 0 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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