Environment Statistics in South Africa

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All Environment datasets for South Africa (218)

Dataset
Indicator 15.1.1 - Forest area as a percentage of total land area
FAO
0%
Indicator 15.2.1 - Progress towards sustainable forest management
FAO
+10.1%
Indicator 15.4.2 – a) Mountain Green Cover Index; and b) Proportion of Degraded Mountain Area
FAO
0%
Indicator 15.6.1 - Number of countries that have adopted legislative, administrative and policy frameworks to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits
FAO
+1
Indicator 6.4.1 - Change in water use efficiency over time
FAO
−0.8%
Indicator 6.4.2 - Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
FAO
0%
Wildfire exposure
OECD
+61.1%
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment
OECD
−9.2%
Green Transition
OECD
+1.3%
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories
OECD
−4.6%
Historical exposure to drought
OECD
+22.9
Freshwater - abstractions
OECD
+3.7%
Freshwater - resources
OECD
0%
Wastewater - connection rates to treatment
OECD
+32.9%
Freshwater - use
OECD
+4.8%
Water accounts - assets
OECD
+3.7%
Water accounts - supply and use
OECD
–
Maritime transport CO2 emissions (experimental)
OECD
−11.1%
Land use
OECD
0%
Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Cover
FAO
+0.6%
IMF-Adapted ND-GAIN Index (NDGAIN)
IMF
−2%
Future well-being
OECD
+1.5%
Shares of CO2 emissions from energy priced
OECD
+58.7%
Carbon pricing score
OECD
+76.7%
Concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5)
WHO
+3.7%
Agri-environmental indicators: all data
OECD
0%
Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions
OECD
0%
Water use
OECD
0%
Nutrients balances
OECD
0%
Climate-Driven INFORM Risk Indicator
IMF
+10.7%
Net effective carbon rates
OECD
+9.9%
Shares of emissions priced
OECD
0%
Revenue forgone and net effective carbon rates
OECD
−7%
Net energy tax revenues and reform potential
OECD
−11.1%
Carbon Rates
IMF
−28.6%
Heat stress - Regions
OECD
+18.4%
Population with basic handwashing facilities at home (%)
WHO
0%
Population practising open defecation (%)
WHO
0
Population using at least basic sanitation services (%)
WHO
0%
Population using safely managed sanitation services (%)
WHO
+1.4%
Population using at least basic drinking-water services (%)
WHO
0%
Population using safely managed drinking-water services (%)
WHO
−1.4%
Land cover and land cover change
OECD
+2.5%
Experienced a natural disaster or severe weather event (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
–
Experienced a natural disaster or severe weather event, women (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
–
Experienced a natural disaster or severe weather event, men (% age 15+)
Gender Statistics
–
Climate Change: Agrifood systems emissions: Emissions from Energy use in agriculture
FAO
0%
Climate Change: Agrifood systems emissions: Emissions from Drained organic soils
FAO
0%
Greenhouse Gas Footprints (GHGFP): Principal indicators
OECD
−7.9%
Climate Change: Agrifood systems emissions: Emissions from Forests
FAO
+0.4%
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
World Development Indicators
+2.4%
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
World Development Indicators
0%
Bird species, threatened
World Development Indicators
0%
Fish species, threatened
World Development Indicators
+26.4%
Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−2.3%
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−2%
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
World Development Indicators
−3.3%
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−0.6%
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−0.8%
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−0.7%
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−0.7%
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−3.9%
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−0.1%
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−4.9%
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+2.2%
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+1.6%
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
World Development Indicators
−0.5%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+9.3%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−0.4%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−2.6%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
0%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−0.3%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Deforestation (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
0%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Forest Land (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
0%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
0%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Other Land (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
0%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Organic Soil (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
0
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−2.9%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
World Development Indicators
−4.2%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−5.7%
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
World Development Indicators
−3.6%
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP)
World Development Indicators
−3.6%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+2.7%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
World Development Indicators
−12.6%
F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+6.7%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+1.7%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+1.1%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−1.5%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−0.6%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+0.2%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+1.1%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
−5.6%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+2.4%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
World Development Indicators
+0.4%
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
World Development Indicators
+6.5%
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
World Development Indicators
−8.7%
Plant species (higher), threatened
World Development Indicators
+179.7%
Mammal species, threatened
World Development Indicators
+10%
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal)
World Development Indicators
+0.8%
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
World Development Indicators
−3.1%
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
World Development Indicators
0%
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal)
World Development Indicators
+9%
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters)
World Development Indicators
+1.1%
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)
World Development Indicators
+1.1%
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters)
World Development Indicators
−1.4%
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
World Development Indicators
+2.2%
Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)
World Development Indicators
−0.6%
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
World Development Indicators
+0.8%
Investment in water and sanitation with private participation (current US$)
World Development Indicators
−45%
Public private partnerships investment in water and sanitation (current US$)
World Development Indicators
−45%
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters)
World Development Indicators
0%
Waste - Hazardous waste: generation and movements
OECD
+3,847.9%
Waste - Waste by sector: generation, recovery and recycling
OECD
−40.2%
Land use hidden
OECD
0%
CO2 emissions embodied in domestic final demand, production, and trade (CO2E)
IMF
+3.6%
Carbon Emission Per Unit of Output (CO2EEIEM)
IMF
−2.4%
Exposure to drought
OECD
−434.8%
Exposure to extreme precipitation
OECD
−0.9
Air transport CO2 emissions (experimental)
OECD
−12.2%
SDG 6.3.1 Proportion of safely treated domestic wastewater flows (%)
WHO
−47.7%
Persons aged 30 to 44 years in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons aged 30 to 44 years with any degree of functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
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Persons aged 45 to 64 years in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons aged 45 to 64 years with any degree of functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons aged 65 or older in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons aged 65 or older with any degree of functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons with any degree of functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons with any degree of cognitive difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons with any degree of communication difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Female persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of female persons with any degree of functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons with any degree of hearing difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Male persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of male persons with any degree of functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons with any degree of mobility difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons living in rural areas in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons living in rural areas with any degree of functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons with any degree of seeing difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons with any degree of selfcare difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons living in urban areas in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons living in urban areas with any degree of functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons aged 15 to 29 years in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons aged 15 to 29 years with no functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons aged 30 to 44 years in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons aged 30 to 44 years with no functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons aged 45 to 64 years in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons aged 45 to 64 years with no functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons aged 65 or older in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons aged 65 or older with no functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of persons with no functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Female persons in households using improved drinking water sources (% of female persons with no functional difficulty)
Disability Data Hub (DDH)
–
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 25 - GHG Emissions by sector
OECD
−9.8%
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth
OECD
−0.9%
Renewable natural capital per capita, agricultural land (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−1.2%
Renewable natural capital per capita, agricultural land (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+3.1%
Renewable natural capital, agricultural land (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0%
Renewable natural capital, agricultural land (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+4.4%
Renewable natural capital per capita, agricultural land: cropland (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+4%
Renewable natural capital, timber (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+2.6%
Renewable natural capital per capita, hydropower energy (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Renewable natural capital per capita, hydropower energy (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Renewable natural capital, hydropower energy (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Renewable natural capital, hydropower energy (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Renewable natural capital per capita, mangroves (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−1.2%
Renewable natural capital, mangroves (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+9.4%
Renewable natural capital, mangroves (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0%
Renewable natural capital per capita, mangroves (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+8.1%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: bauxite (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: bauxite (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: cobalt (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: cobalt (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: cobalt (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: cobalt (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: copper (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−4.3%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: copper (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−27.3%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: copper (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−3.1%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: copper (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−26.4%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: gold (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−54.8%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: gold (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−7.1%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: gold (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−54.2%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: gold (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−5.9%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals, sub-index, total (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−41.6%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals, sub-index, total (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−40.9%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals, sub-index, total (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−3.4%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: iron ore (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−12.4%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: iron ore (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+9.9%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: iron ore (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−11.3%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: iron ore (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+11.2%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: lead (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−47.9%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: lead (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: lead (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−47.2%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: lithium (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: lithium (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: molybdenum (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: molybdenum (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: nickel (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−74%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: nickel (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−27.4%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: nickel (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−73.7%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: nickel (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−26.5%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: phosphate (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−7.7%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: phosphate (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−71.1%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: phosphate (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−6.5%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: phosphate (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−70.8%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: silver (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−7.5%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: silver (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+12.8%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: silver (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−6.4%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: silver (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+14.1%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: tin (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: tin (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: zinc (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−6%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: zinc (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−4.9%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: zinc (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−4.8%
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: zinc (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−3.8%
Renewable natural capital per capita, agricultural land: pastureland (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+2.4%
Renewable natural capital, agricultural land: pastureland (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
+3.6%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, coal (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−1.2%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, coal (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−38.6%
Nonrenewable natural capital, coal (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0%
Nonrenewable natural capital, coal (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−37.9%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, natural gas (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−16.5%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, natural gas (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−2.1
Nonrenewable natural capital, natural gas (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−15.5%
Nonrenewable natural capital, natural gas (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
−120,000,000
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, oil (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−1.2%
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, oil (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital, oil (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
0%
Nonrenewable natural capital, oil (current US$)
Wealth Accounts
0
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, total (real chained 2019 US$)
Wealth Accounts
−27.6%
OECD Environmental Policy Stringency Index
OECD
0%

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