| Energy variables | Countries | CO2 ↔ Energy | CO2 ↔ GDPC | Energy ↔ GDPC |
| Prim. energy cons. | Algeria | Energy to CO2 | GDPC to CO2 | Bi-directional |
| Egypt | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | |
| S. Africa | Energy to CO2 | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | |
| Coal cons. | Algeria | Unidirectional | GDPC to CO2 | No relationship |
| Egypt | Coal to CO2 | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | |
| S. Africa | Coal to CO2 | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | |
| Oil cons. | Algeria | Bi-directional | GDPC to CO2 | Bi-directional |
| Egypt | Oil to CO2 | Bi-directional | Oil to GDPC | |
| S. Africa | Oil to CO2 | GDPC to CO2 | Bi-directional | |
| Power electric cons. | Algeria | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | Bi-directional |
| Egypt | Electricity to CO2 | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | |
| S. Africa | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | |
| Natural gas cons. | Algeria | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | Nat gas to GDPC |
| Egypt | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | Bi-directional | |
| S. Africa | Bi-directional | GDPC to CO2 | Bi-directional |