Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — South Korea

Nitrous oxide emissions in South Korea in 2024 — 13.69 Mt. Ranked 158 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 8,789%.

2024 13.69 Mt −0.83% vs 2023
World rank 158of 201
Period maximum 20.36 Mt1997
Period minimum 0.15 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — South Korea, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.15 Mt1853: 0.16 Mt1856: 0.17 Mt1859: 0.17 Mt1862: 0.18 Mt1865: 0.18 Mt1868: 0.18 Mt1871: 0.18 Mt1874: 0.21 Mt1877: 0.24 Mt1880: 0.26 Mt1883: 0.27 Mt1886: 0.27 Mt1889: 0.28 Mt1892: 0.3 Mt1895: 0.32 Mt1898: 0.33 Mt1901: 0.35 Mt1904: 0.38 Mt1907: 0.41 Mt1910: 0.45 Mt1913: 0.5 Mt1916: 0.58 Mt1919: 0.65 Mt1922: 0.71 Mt1925: 0.77 Mt1928: 0.83 Mt1931: 0.87 Mt1934: 0.91 Mt1937: 0.94 Mt1940: 0.96 Mt1943: 1.21 Mt1946: 1.71 Mt1949: 2.1 Mt1952: 2.17 Mt1955: 2.26 Mt1958: 2.36 Mt1961: 2.96 Mt1964: 2.94 Mt1967: 3.66 Mt1970: 4.32 Mt1973: 4.91 Mt1976: 5.01 Mt1979: 6.2 Mt1982: 5.72 Mt1985: 7.46 Mt1988: 8.5 Mt1991: 13.46 Mt1994: 14.22 Mt1997: 20.36 Mt2000: 16.51 Mt2003: 12.63 Mt2006: 12.41 Mt2009: 11.47 Mt2012: 12.9 Mt2015: 12.44 Mt2018: 14.72 Mt2021: 14.4 Mt2024: 13.69 Mt
Change over the period: +13.54 (+8,788.96%) Average annual rate: 2.61 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Korea 13.69 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 784.34 Mt
Eastern Asia computed 530.16 Mt
High-income countries computed 782.61 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 13.69 −0.12 −0.83%
2023 13.8 −0.21 −1.5%
2022 14.01 −0.38 −2.66%
2021 14.4 +0.13 +0.9%
2020 14.27 −0.27 −1.84%
2019 14.54 −0.18 −1.22%
2018 14.72 +0.1 +0.7%
2017 14.61 +0.57 +4.08%
2016 14.04 +1.6 +12.83%
2015 12.44 +0.2 +1.63%
2014 12.24 −0.51 −4.02%
2013 12.76 −0.15 −1.12%
2012 12.9 +0.23 +1.8%
2011 12.67 +0.53 +4.38%
2010 12.14 +0.67 +5.89%
2009 11.47 −0.16 −1.38%
2008 11.63 −0.73 −5.89%
2007 12.36 −0.05 −0.44%
2006 12.41 −0.72 −5.48%
2005 13.13 +0.04 +0.32%
2004 13.09 +0.46 +3.65%
2003 12.63 −0.3 −2.3%
2002 12.92 −3.28 −20.24%
2001 16.2 −0.31 −1.86%
2000 16.51 −0.8 −4.62%
1999 17.31 +0.11 +0.65%
1998 17.2 −3.16 −15.51%
1997 20.36 +3.66 +21.9%
1996 16.7 +1.82 +12.23%
1995 14.88 +0.66 +4.63%
1994 14.22 +1.14 +8.75%
1993 13.08 −1.69 −11.42%
1992 14.76 +1.3 +9.64%
1991 13.46 +3.38 +33.52%
1990 10.08 +0.89 +9.7%
1989 9.19 +0.69 +8.13%
1988 8.5 +0.6 +7.65%
1987 7.9 +0.22 +2.8%
1986 7.68 +0.22 +2.96%
1985 7.46 +0.35 +4.89%
1984 7.11 +0.57 +8.69%
1983 6.54 +0.82 +14.33%
1982 5.72 −0.51 −8.23%
1981 6.24 +0.24 +3.95%
1980 6 −0.2 −3.21%
1979 6.2 +0.11 +1.74%
1978 6.09 +0.76 +14.19%
1977 5.34 +0.33 +6.53%
1976 5.01 −0.67 −11.72%
1975 5.67 +0.31 +5.7%
1974 5.37 +0.45 +9.24%
1973 4.91 +0.39 +8.72%
1972 4.52 +0.24 +5.73%
1971 4.28 −0.04 −1%
1970 4.32 +0.32 +8%
1969 4 +0.3 +8.14%
1968 3.7 +0.03 +0.93%
1967 3.66 +0.24 +7.07%
1966 3.42 +0.28 +8.78%
1965 3.15 +0.2 +6.83%
1964 2.94 −0.09 −2.97%
1963 3.03 +0.07 +2.5%
1962 2.96 +0 +0.07%
1961 2.96 +0.53 +21.78%
1960 2.43 +0.03 +1.38%
1959 2.4 +0.03 +1.44%
1958 2.36 +0.04 +1.5%
1957 2.33 +0.04 +1.53%
1956 2.29 +0.03 +1.51%
1955 2.26 +0.03 +1.44%
1954 2.23 +0.03 +1.32%
1953 2.2 +0.02 +1.1%
1952 2.17 +0.02 +0.93%
1951 2.15 +0.01 +0.65%
1950 2.14 +0.04 +1.95%
1949 2.1 +0.09 +4.64%
1948 2.01 +0.13 +7.1%
1947 1.87 +0.16 +9.28%
1946 1.71 +0.17 +11.16%
1945 1.54 +0.17 +12.4%
1944 1.37 +0.16 +12.93%
1943 1.21 +0.13 +11.99%
1942 1.08 +0.09 +8.84%
1941 1 +0.04 +3.64%
1940 0.96 +0.01 +0.52%
1939 0.96 +0.01 +0.63%
1938 0.95 +0.01 +0.96%
1937 0.94 +0.01 +1.07%
1936 0.93 +0.01 +1.2%
1935 0.92 +0.01 +1.32%
1934 0.91 +0.01 +1.45%
1933 0.9 +0.01 +1.47%
1932 0.88 +0.01 +1.61%
1931 0.87 +0.01 +1.52%
1930 0.86 +0.01 +1.66%
1929 0.84 +0.02 +1.82%
1928 0.83 +0.02 +2.1%
1927 0.81 +0.02 +2.28%
1926 0.79 +0.02 +2.46%
1925 0.77 +0.02 +2.52%
1924 0.75 +0.02 +2.73%
1923 0.73 +0.02 +2.81%
1922 0.71 +0.02 +2.89%
1921 0.69 +0.02 +2.97%
1920 0.67 +0.02 +3.22%
1919 0.65 +0.02 +3.66%
1918 0.63 +0.03 +4.14%
1917 0.6 +0.03 +4.5%
1916 0.58 +0.02 +4.52%
1915 0.55 +0.03 +4.73%
1914 0.53 +0.02 +4.76%
1913 0.5 +0.02 +4.35%
1912 0.48 +0.02 +4.09%
1911 0.46 +0.02 +3.57%
1910 0.45 +0.01 +2.99%
1909 0.44 +0.01 +3.08%
1908 0.42 +0.01 +2.93%
1907 0.41 +0.01 +3.02%
1906 0.4 +0.01 +2.58%
1905 0.39 +0.01 +2.92%
1904 0.38 +0.01 +2.45%
1903 0.37 +0.01 +2.51%
1902 0.36 +0.01 +2.28%
1901 0.35 +0.01 +2.03%
1900 0.34 +0.01 +1.78%
1899 0.34 +0.01 +1.81%
1898 0.33 +0.01 +1.84%
1897 0.33 +0.01 +1.88%
1896 0.32 +0.01 +1.59%
1895 0.32 +0.01 +1.61%
1894 0.31 +0.01 +1.64%
1893 0.31 +0 +0.99%
1892 0.3 +0 +1.34%
1891 0.3 +0 +1.02%
1890 0.3 +0.02 +5.73%
1889 0.28 +0 +0.72%
1888 0.28 +0 +0.73%
1887 0.28 +0 +0.36%
1886 0.27 +0 +0.74%
1885 0.27 +0 +0.74%
1884 0.27 +0 +0.75%
1883 0.27 +0 +0.75%
1882 0.27 +0 +0.76%
1881 0.26 +0 +1.15%
1880 0.26 +0.01 +1.95%
1879 0.26 +0.01 +2.81%
1878 0.25 +0.01 +4.18%
1877 0.24 +0.01 +4.37%
1876 0.23 +0.01 +5.53%
1875 0.22 +0.01 +5.34%
1874 0.21 +0.01 +5.1%
1873 0.2 +0.01 +4.26%
1872 0.19 +0.01 +3.3%
1871 0.18 +0 +1.11%
1870 0.18 +0 +0.56%
1869 0.18 +0 +0.56%
1868 0.18 +0 +0%
1867 0.18 +0 +0.56%
1866 0.18 +0 +0%
1865 0.18 +0 +0.57%
1864 0.18 +0 +0%
1863 0.18 +0 +0.57%
1862 0.18 +0 +0.57%
1861 0.17 +0 +0%
1860 0.17 +0 +0.58%
1859 0.17 +0 +0.58%
1858 0.17 +0 +1.18%
1857 0.17 +0 +1.19%
1856 0.17 +0 +1.2%
1855 0.17 +0 +1.22%
1854 0.16 +0 +1.23%
1853 0.16 +0 +1.89%
1852 0.16 +0 +1.92%
1851 0.16 +0 +1.3%
1850 0.15

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

About the indicator

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent. The third greenhouse gas by contribution after CO2 and methane, and the most agricultural of the three: most of it forms in the soil after nitrogen fertilizer and manure are applied. It stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and destroys the ozone layer as well, so after the phase-out of CFCs it has remained the leading ozone-depleting substance.

Important: Estimates of emissions from soil are inevitably approximate: they depend on soil type, moisture and the way fertilizer is applied, and they are measured by models rather than by sensors.

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