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TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇿🇦 South Africa
World rank #16 · Africa · Same as 132 million cars driven for a year
132 million
cars driven for a year
609 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
falling −0.3%/yr
South Africa ranks #16 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 609 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.AfricaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#16 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
2Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd= 45.6M cars/yr210 Mt CO₂eNEW371Exxaro Coal Pty Ltd= 1.6M cars/yr7.5 Mt CO₂eNEW465Sasol Mining Pty Ltd= 1.4M cars/yr6.3 Mt CO₂eNEW502ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd= 1.1M cars/yr4.9 Mt CO₂eNEW735Sasol Synfuels Pty Ltd= 592k cars/yr2.7 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (13)
743Seriti Coal Pty Ltd= 623k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW778Glencore Operations South Africa Pty Ltd= 518k cars/yr2.4 Mt CO₂eNEW863Goedgevonden Coal Pty Ltd= 351k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW1003Anglo American Inyosi Coal Pty Ltd= 321k cars/yr1.5 Mt CO₂eNEW1079Anergi International Ltd= 286k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1152Exxaro Coal Mpumalanga Pty Ltd= 254k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1199Seriti Power Pty Ltd= 307k cars/yr1.4 Mt CO₂eNEW1362Sasol= 125k cars/yr575.7 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medupi power station | Power | 21.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Majuba power station | Power | 20.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Lethabo power station | Power | 19.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Matla power station | Power | 19.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Kendal power station | Power | 18.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Kusile power station | Power | 17.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Matimba power station | Power | 17.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Duvha power station | Power | 17.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Kriel power station | Power | 15.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Tutuka power station | Power | 13.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Arnot power station | Power | 10.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Grootegeluk Coal Mine | Fossil Fuels | 7.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Hendrina power station | Power | 7.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| City of Johannesburg District Municipality | Transport | 7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Camden power station | Power | 6.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting better, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population