South Africa

rank Score 10y ∆
Environmental Performance Index 104 42.9 4.9
Ecosystem Vitality 89 49.8 4.8
Biodiversity & Habitat 120 40.1 1.4
Marine KBA Protection 63 35.2 0.3
Marine Habitat Protection 17 54.6 9.2
Marine Protection Stringency 65 70.3 -0.8
Protected Areas Representativeness Index 125 16.3 0.0
Species Protection Index 118 34.8 6.2
Terrestrial Biome Protection (national weights) 134 29.0 5.1
Terrestrial KBA Protection 122 37.8 2.6
Protected Area Effectiveness 28 87.3 0.0
Protected Human Land 103 81.8 0.0
Red List Index 136 24.4 -7.7
Species Habitat Index 46 77.2 -7.6
Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience 64 59.9 0.8
Forests
Primary Forest Loss
Intact Forest Landscape Loss
Tree cover loss weighted by permanency
Net change in tree cover
Forest Lanscape Integrity
Fisheries 91 47.8 6.5
Fish Stock Status 86 22.9 22.9
Fish Catch Discarded 59 60.1 6.3
Bottom Trawling in EEZ 82 48.1 3.0
Bottom Trawling in Global Ocean 92 50.2 2.9
Regional Marine Trophic Index 46 54.7 1.0
Air Pollution 46 85.3 26.5
Ozone exposure KBAs 69 60.7 -5.9
Ozone exposure croplands 68 62.7 -6.4
Adjusted emissions growth rate for nitrous oxides 48 97.5 42.0
Adjusted emissions growth rate for sulfur dioxide 85 82.6 24.0
Agriculture 78 57.2 -0.4
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index 76 45.8 4.2
Phosphorus Surplus 89 55.0 -4.5
Pesticide Pollution Risk 51 73.5 0.6
Relative Crop Yield 100 62.1 -5.0
Water Resources 61 52.4 -1.6
Wastewater generated 122 34.0 0.0
Wastewater collected 65 56.0 -2.0
Wastewater treated 55 56.0 -2.0
Wastewater reused 61 42.3 0.0
Environmental Health 153 24.2 0.8
Air Quality 152 20.4 -0.6
Anthropogenic PM2.5 exposure 155 10.3 -3.4
Household solid fuels 104 25.0 3.4
Ozone exposure 118 33.6 -3.7
NO2 exposure 46 50.4 2.0
SO2 exposure 172 2.8 -1.8
CO exposure 174 13.3 -8.0
VOC exposure 117 18.4 -3.1
Sanitation & Drinking Water 144 25.3 4.4
Unsafe sanitation 141 24.9 4.3
Unsafe drinking water 145 25.5 4.4
Heavy Metals 82 48.6 4.8
Lead exposure 82 48.6 4.8
Waste Management 76 34.5 0.0
Waste Generated Per Capita 100 39.9 0.0
Controlled Solid Waste 66 59.5 0.0
Waste Recovery Rate 52 16.5 0.0
Climate Change 52 48.0 8.4
Climate Change Mitigation 52 48.0 8.4
Adjusted emissions growth rate for carbon dioxide 30 56.0 8.4
Adjusted emissions growth rate for carbon dioxide (country-specific targets) 115 42.3 12.3
Adjusted emissions growth rate for methane 43 60.2 16.7
Adjusted emissions growth rate for F-gases 76 10.6 -29.2
Adjusted emissions growth rate for nitrous oxide 88 42.4 -9.6
Adjusted emissions growth rate for black carbon 45 88.7 51.4
Net carbon fluxes due to land cover change 57 49.8 1.5
GHG growth rate adjusted by emissions intensity 69 43.7 9.8
GHG growth rate adjusted by per capita emissions 54 45.0 9.7
Projected emissions in 2050 155 7.2 4.0
Projected cumulative emissions to 2050 relative to carbon budget 113 62.3 0.0