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South Africa: Power sector emissions

169.71Mt CO2e · 2025-14.2% since 2015

Greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, as estimated by Ember. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
2025169.708
2024177.646
2023166.424
2022174.359
2021182.015
2020183.733
2019193.418
2018198.543
2017196.183
2016197.052
2015197.782
2014201.673
2013204.681
2012208.109
2011210.923
2010209.646
2009201.618
2008209.066
2007213.438
2006206.475
2005199.06
2004197.386
2003189.176
2002176.962
2001169.388
2000168.404

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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Ember (2026). Power sector emissions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-power-emissions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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