South Sudan Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions 1990-2024
Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and Savannah burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).
- South Sudan greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2020 was 56,051.36, a 13.97% increase from 2019.
- South Sudan greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2019 was 49,180.53, a 12.8% decline from 2018.
- South Sudan greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2018 was 56,397.92, a 9.86% increase from 2017.
- South Sudan greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2017 was 51,336.69, a 3.77% decline from 2016.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Ethiopia |
167,300.02 |
| Chad |
89,558.46 |
| Tanzania |
89,255.45 |
| North Korea |
76,079.91 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
56,120.41 |
| South Sudan |
56,051.36 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
47,112.47 |
| Nepal |
45,868.56 |
| Niger |
44,795.83 |
| Mali |
43,491.51 |
| Uganda |
39,280.05 |
| Mozambique |
33,749.37 |
| Burkina Faso |
32,262.82 |
| Afghanistan |
31,119.05 |
| Madagascar |
30,566.43 |
| Senegal |
30,293.28 |
| Guinea |
29,745.69 |
| Somalia |
26,272.10 |
| Zimbabwe |
25,988.13 |
| Yemen |
24,391.15 |
| Central African Republic |
21,016.38 |
| Tajikistan |
17,692.29 |
| Benin |
16,190.53 |
| Malawi |
11,982.43 |
| Haiti |
10,267.23 |
| Togo |
8,395.49 |
| Rwanda |
6,329.92 |
| Eritrea |
6,242.49 |
| Sierra Leone |
5,952.47 |
| Burundi |
4,102.68 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2,546.52 |
| Gambia |
2,453.33 |
| Liberia |
2,155.39 |
| Comoros |
619.95 |
| South Sudan Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions - Historical Data |
| Year |
kt of CO2 equivalent |
Annual % Change |
| 2020 |
56,051.36 |
13.97% |
| 2019 |
49,180.53 |
-12.80% |
| 2018 |
56,397.92 |
9.86% |
| 2017 |
51,336.69 |
-3.77% |
| 2016 |
53,345.25 |
1.59% |
| 2015 |
52,511.75 |
1.75% |
| 2014 |
51,607.61 |
2.86% |
| 2013 |
50,173.11 |
-0.38% |
| 2012 |
50,364.01 |
-22.52% |
| 2011 |
65,005.48 |
-5.19% |
| 2010 |
68,561.58 |
-1.01% |
| 2009 |
69,258.66 |
3.20% |
| 2008 |
67,108.46 |
1.56% |
| 2007 |
66,079.62 |
5.97% |
| 2006 |
62,355.19 |
-1.01% |
| 2005 |
62,994.06 |
5.27% |
| 2004 |
59,841.77 |
4.27% |
| 2003 |
57,389.95 |
4.88% |
| 2002 |
54,718.08 |
7.58% |
| 2001 |
50,861.93 |
-3.46% |
| 2000 |
52,686.45 |
8.55% |
| 1999 |
48,537.76 |
6.10% |
| 1998 |
45,748.31 |
8.97% |
| 1997 |
41,981.25 |
7.81% |
| 1996 |
38,939.53 |
9.73% |
| 1995 |
35,486.22 |
1.98% |
| 1994 |
34,796.80 |
6.00% |
| 1993 |
32,828.05 |
6.10% |
| 1992 |
30,939.93 |
8.36% |
| 1991 |
28,552.01 |
3.10% |
| 1990 |
27,694.54 |
3.10% |
