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Greenhouse gas emissions — South Korea

Greenhouse gas emissions in South Korea in 2024 — 630.57 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 185 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 6,290.7%.

2024 630.57 Mt CO₂e −0.37% vs 2023
World rank 185of 199
Period maximum 709.06 Mt CO₂e2018
Period minimum 6.05 Mt CO₂e1895

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — South Korea, 1850–20240200400600800185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 9.87 Mt CO₂e1853: 9.92 Mt CO₂e1856: 9.65 Mt CO₂e1859: 9.58 Mt CO₂e1862: 8.47 Mt CO₂e1865: 8.58 Mt CO₂e1868: 8.49 Mt CO₂e1871: 7.89 Mt CO₂e1874: 7.94 Mt CO₂e1877: 8.2 Mt CO₂e1880: 7.57 Mt CO₂e1883: 7.31 Mt CO₂e1886: 7.64 Mt CO₂e1889: 7.93 Mt CO₂e1892: 8.31 Mt CO₂e1895: 6.05 Mt CO₂e1898: 7.48 Mt CO₂e1901: 7.26 Mt CO₂e1904: 10.42 Mt CO₂e1907: 7.9 Mt CO₂e1910: 11.15 Mt CO₂e1913: 13.14 Mt CO₂e1916: 15.78 Mt CO₂e1919: 18.15 Mt CO₂e1922: 19.83 Mt CO₂e1925: 21.33 Mt CO₂e1928: 22.69 Mt CO₂e1931: 18.84 Mt CO₂e1934: 21.19 Mt CO₂e1937: 21.46 Mt CO₂e1940: 23.83 Mt CO₂e1943: 27.19 Mt CO₂e1946: 30.46 Mt CO₂e1949: 34.08 Mt CO₂e1952: 28.65 Mt CO₂e1955: 29.44 Mt CO₂e1958: 31.11 Mt CO₂e1961: 33.94 Mt CO₂e1964: 57.46 Mt CO₂e1967: 65.46 Mt CO₂e1970: 81.3 Mt CO₂e1973: 103.14 Mt CO₂e1976: 124.71 Mt CO₂e1979: 168.46 Mt CO₂e1982: 175.37 Mt CO₂e1985: 208.18 Mt CO₂e1988: 251.11 Mt CO₂e1991: 313.51 Mt CO₂e1994: 392.38 Mt CO₂e1997: 487.94 Mt CO₂e2000: 480.15 Mt CO₂e2003: 518.89 Mt CO₂e2006: 537.84 Mt CO₂e2009: 570.55 Mt CO₂e2012: 661.99 Mt CO₂e2015: 671.25 Mt CO₂e2018: 709.06 Mt CO₂e2021: 657.43 Mt CO₂e2024: 630.57 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +620.7 (+6,290.67%) Average annual rate: 2.42 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea

South Korea 630.57 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
East Asia & Pacific computed 21,054.9 Mt CO₂e
Eastern Asia computed 16,256.36 Mt CO₂e
High-income countries computed 17,682.98 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 630.57 −2.36 −0.37%
2023 632.92 −18.66 −2.86%
2022 651.58 −5.84 −0.89%
2021 657.43 +20.78 +3.26%
2020 636.65 −46.42 −6.8%
2019 683.06 −26 −3.67%
2018 709.06 +17.45 +2.52%
2017 691.61 +17.58 +2.61%
2016 674.03 +2.78 +0.41%
2015 671.25 +6.01 +0.9%
2014 665.25 −2.47 −0.37%
2013 667.71 +5.73 +0.87%
2012 661.99 +0.53 +0.08%
2011 661.46 +33.84 +5.39%
2010 627.62 +57.06 +10%
2009 570.55 +6.31 +1.12%
2008 564.24 +7.89 +1.42%
2007 556.35 +18.51 +3.44%
2006 537.84 +4.02 +0.75%
2005 533.83 +7.5 +1.43%
2004 526.32 +7.43 +1.43%
2003 518.89 +9.25 +1.82%
2002 509.64 +14.99 +3.03%
2001 494.65 +14.5 +3.02%
2000 480.15 +28.52 +6.32%
1999 451.63 +34.91 +8.38%
1998 416.72 −71.22 −14.6%
1997 487.94 +27.98 +6.08%
1996 459.97 +41.4 +9.89%
1995 418.57 +26.18 +6.67%
1994 392.38 +26.01 +7.1%
1993 366.37 +25.6 +7.51%
1992 340.77 +27.25 +8.69%
1991 313.51 +24.88 +8.62%
1990 288.63 +25.44 +9.66%
1989 263.19 +12.09 +4.81%
1988 251.11 +25.96 +11.53%
1987 225.15 +7.54 +3.47%
1986 217.61 +9.43 +4.53%
1985 208.18 +9.71 +4.89%
1984 198.47 +12.69 +6.83%
1983 185.78 +10.41 +5.94%
1982 175.37 −0.43 −0.24%
1981 175.8 +6.51 +3.85%
1980 169.29 +0.83 +0.49%
1979 168.46 +21.58 +14.69%
1978 146.88 +8.99 +6.52%
1977 137.89 +13.18 +10.57%
1976 124.71 +9.64 +8.37%
1975 115.08 +5.65 +5.16%
1974 109.43 +6.28 +6.09%
1973 103.14 +14.38 +16.21%
1972 88.76 +4.63 +5.5%
1971 84.13 +2.83 +3.48%
1970 81.3 +12.99 +19.02%
1969 68.31 +5.08 +8.04%
1968 63.23 −2.23 −3.41%
1967 65.46 +4.67 +7.69%
1966 60.79 +3.85 +6.75%
1965 56.94 −0.52 −0.9%
1964 57.46 +4.85 +9.22%
1963 52.61 +13.62 +34.92%
1962 39 +5.05 +14.89%
1961 33.94 +1.71 +5.29%
1960 32.24 +1.47 +4.79%
1959 30.76 −0.34 −1.1%
1958 31.11 −0.33 −1.07%
1957 31.44 −0.03 −0.11%
1956 31.48 +2.04 +6.93%
1955 29.44 −0.91 −3.01%
1954 30.35 +0.3 +1%
1953 30.05 +1.4 +4.88%
1952 28.65 −0.37 −1.27%
1951 29.02 −0.29 −1.01%
1950 29.31 −4.77 −13.99%
1949 34.08 +3.17 +10.24%
1948 30.92 +0.15 +0.48%
1947 30.77 +0.31 +1.02%
1946 30.46 +0.5 +1.69%
1945 29.95 +1.69 +5.99%
1944 28.26 +1.06 +3.91%
1943 27.19 +1.04 +3.97%
1942 26.16 +0.55 +2.14%
1941 25.61 +1.78 +7.47%
1940 23.83 +0.67 +2.88%
1939 23.16 +0.56 +2.46%
1938 22.6 +1.14 +5.33%
1937 21.46 −0.28 −1.3%
1936 21.74 +0.07 +0.3%
1935 21.68 +0.49 +2.32%
1934 21.19 +2.03 +10.59%
1933 19.16 −2.12 −9.94%
1932 21.27 +2.44 +12.93%
1931 18.84 −3.52 −15.73%
1930 22.35 −1.45 −6.08%
1929 23.8 +1.11 +4.89%
1928 22.69 −2.14 −8.63%
1927 24.83 +3.07 +14.12%
1926 21.76 +0.43 +2.02%
1925 21.33 −1.7 −7.37%
1924 23.03 +3.32 +16.87%
1923 19.7 −0.13 −0.65%
1922 19.83 +0.72 +3.76%
1921 19.11 +0.37 +1.97%
1920 18.74 +0.6 +3.28%
1919 18.15 +0.75 +4.29%
1918 17.4 +0.35 +2.05%
1917 17.05 +1.27 +8.07%
1916 15.78 +1.15 +7.89%
1915 14.62 +1.37 +10.3%
1914 13.26 +0.11 +0.87%
1913 13.14 +2.02 +18.11%
1912 11.13 +1.23 +12.42%
1911 9.9 −1.25 −11.24%
1910 11.15 +3.43 +44.32%
1909 7.73 −0.2 −2.56%
1908 7.93 +0.04 +0.44%
1907 7.9 +0.5 +6.8%
1906 7.39 −0.41 −5.23%
1905 7.8 −2.62 −25.11%
1904 10.42 +2.71 +35.2%
1903 7.7 −0.39 −4.85%
1902 8.1 +0.84 +11.5%
1901 7.26 +0.15 +2.04%
1900 7.12 −0.29 −3.86%
1899 7.4 −0.08 −1.06%
1898 7.48 +0.26 +3.54%
1897 7.23 −0.67 −8.46%
1896 7.89 +1.85 +30.5%
1895 6.05 −0.11 −1.8%
1894 6.16 −1.87 −23.31%
1893 8.03 −0.28 −3.31%
1892 8.31 −0.3 −3.45%
1891 8.6 +1.9 +28.3%
1890 6.71 −1.22 −15.38%
1889 7.93 +0.01 +0.14%
1888 7.91 +0.44 +5.84%
1887 7.48 −0.16 −2.11%
1886 7.64 −0 −0.01%
1885 7.64 +0.95 +14.27%
1884 6.69 −0.63 −8.56%
1883 7.31 −0.17 −2.31%
1882 7.48 −0.28 −3.61%
1881 7.76 +0.19 +2.54%
1880 7.57 −0.3 −3.75%
1879 7.87 −0.24 −2.94%
1878 8.11 −0.09 −1.16%
1877 8.2 −0.74 −8.28%
1876 8.94 −1.36 −13.2%
1875 10.3 +2.37 +29.8%
1874 7.94 −0.31 −3.74%
1873 8.24 −0.29 −3.4%
1872 8.53 +0.65 +8.18%
1871 7.89 −0.47 −5.66%
1870 8.36 −0.11 −1.33%
1869 8.47 −0.01 −0.14%
1868 8.49 +0.06 +0.72%
1867 8.43 −0.14 −1.67%
1866 8.57 −0.01 −0.13%
1865 8.58 −0.96 −10.05%
1864 9.54 +1.8 +23.25%
1863 7.74 −0.73 −8.58%
1862 8.47 −0.39 −4.38%
1861 8.85 +0.13 +1.5%
1860 8.72 −0.86 −8.99%
1859 9.58 −0.11 −1.16%
1858 9.7 +0.99 +11.44%
1857 8.7 −0.95 −9.83%
1856 9.65 +1.17 +13.8%
1855 8.48 −1.26 −12.91%
1854 9.74 −0.18 −1.82%
1853 9.92 +0.54 +5.8%
1852 9.37 −0.29 −2.99%
1851 9.66 −0.21 −2.08%
1850 9.87 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MO Macao 1.17 HK Hong Kong 38.91 KP North Korea 89.8 MN Mongolia 98.21 TW Taiwan 283.54 KR South Korea 630.57 JP Japan 1,007.16 CN China 14,107.01
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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