Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators in South Africa
South Africa: Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators was 2.31 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators in South Africa, 2010–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 2.31 Percentage of GDP for fossil fuel support - detailed indicators in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 164.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fossil fuel support - detailed indicators in South Africa peaked at 2.31 Percentage of GDP in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6145 Percentage of GDP, in 2010.
That places South Africa 3rd out of 38 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.6145 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2011 | 0.6508 Percentage of GDP | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 1.01 Percentage of GDP | +54.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8508 Percentage of GDP | -15.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8738 Percentage of GDP | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1 Percentage of GDP | +14.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8451 Percentage of GDP | -15.7% |
| 2017 | 0.7277 Percentage of GDP | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9185 Percentage of GDP | +26.2% |
| 2019 | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | +11.2% |
| 2020 | 1.15 Percentage of GDP | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8281 Percentage of GDP | -27.9% |
| 2022 | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | +22.8% |
| 2023 | 2.31 Percentage of GDP | +127.1% |
| 2024 | 2.31 Percentage of GDP | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8514 Percentage of GDP | 0.6145 Percentage of GDP | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.52 Percentage of GDP | 0.8281 Percentage of GDP | 2.31 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More energy & mining data for South Africa
- Fuel imports 17.7% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 2.5% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 30.3% (2025)
- Gas production 0.6284 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 9.82 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0.6284 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 9.82 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fossil fuel support - detailed indicators in South Africa?
- Fossil fuel support - detailed indicators in South Africa was 2.31 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest fossil fuel support - detailed indicators recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.31 Percentage of GDP in 2024.
- What is the lowest fossil fuel support - detailed indicators recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6145 Percentage of GDP in 2010.
- How does South Africa rank for fossil fuel support - detailed indicators?
- South Africa ranks 3rd out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fossil fuel support - detailed indicators rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 164.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Methodology: https://www.oecd.org/fossil-fuels/methodology/: National Data: http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/fileview2.aspx?IDFile81561a30-0f52-4c7b-8946-9eeb28e73f01 OECD Fossil Fuel Support Portal: https://www.oecd.org/fossil-fuels/ Contact: ffs.contact@oecd.org Source: OECD Companion to the Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels 2021 Last updated: December 2025, annual data. Data for 2024 are preliminary and may contain OECD-generated estimates. Key statistical concept: PSE: Producer Support Estimate GSSE: General Services Support Estimate CSE: Consumer Support Estimate EXTRACT: Extraction or mining stage TRANS: Transportation of fossil fuels (e.g., through pipelines) REFIN: Refining or processing stage GENER: Use of fossil fuels in ectricity generation INDUS: Use of fossil fuels in the industrial sector END: Other end uses of fossil fuels consumption: Direct consumption returns: Output Returns income: Enterprise Income inputs: Cost of Intermediate Inputs labour: Labour land: Land and natural resources Other comments: 1) Fiscal cost of support measures for fossil fuels are based on information reported by countries through official documentation (e.g. budget reports). Support measures for which such information is not available are excluded from the aggregate amount reported in this table. In addition, support measures in certain countries may not have been exhaustively identified. 2) Tax expenditures are estimates of revenue that is foregone due to a particular feature of the tax system that reduces or postpones tax payments (relative to a jurisdiction’s benchmark tax system) to the benefit of fossil fuels’ producers or users. Hence, (i) tax expenditures estimates can increase either because of greater concessions (relative to the benchmark tax system) or because of an increase in the benchmark itself; (ii) cross-country comparisons of tax expenditures can be misleading due to country-specific benchmark tax systems. 3) Support measures for fossil fuels are included in the Inventory without reference to their economic or environmental effects. No judgment is therefore made as to whether such measures are inefficient or ought to be reformed.