South Africa Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions (2015-2026)

Climate TRACE provides greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimates for South Africa, featuring annual country-level data since 2015 and monthly source-level data since 2021. The inventory covers specific gas types and sub-sectors across millions of global assets, with this subset focusing on South African territory. The data is produced by a non-profit coalition using multi-source estimation models.

Use Cases

• Tracking monthly fluctuations in industrial emissions using source-level records
• Comparing the carbon intensity of different South African sub-sectors via annual summaries
• Filtering emission sources by confidence scores to prioritize high-certainty data points

Strengths

• Monthly source-level granularity since 2021
• Includes confidence scores for emission estimates
• Covers both greenhouse gases and air pollutants

Limitations

• Emissions are estimates rather than direct measurements
• Inconsistent availability of source ownership data

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Estimated via a coalition of organizations using multi-source data including satellite imagery and statistical modeling

Time Range

2015 - 2026

Freshness

Last updated March 2026; provides monthly data starting from 2021.

Geography

South Africa