South Korea Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
668.245.271
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
−0,28%
decrease
Global Share
1,26%
Per Capita
12,83
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in South Korea were 668.245.271 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions decreased by −0,28% over the previous year, representing a decrease by −1.869.285 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 670.114.556 tons.
- Per capita: 12,83 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
- South Korea accounts for 1,26% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 668.245.271 | 588.008.898 | 44.736.994 | 13.143.237 | 22.356.143 | 12,83 | −0,28% | 1,26% |
| 2023 | 670.114.556 | 590.364.988 | 44.841.099 | 13.411.311 | 21.497.158 | 12,9 | −3,56% | 1,28% |
| 2022 | 694.878.308 | 613.546.709 | 46.640.996 | 14.062.155 | 20.628.448 | 13,41 | −3,39% | 1,34% |
| 2021 | 719.280.572 | 638.770.198 | 46.413.963 | 14.317.224 | 19.779.187 | 13,92 | 3,47% | 1,41% |
| 2020 | 695.127.063 | 617.340.764 | 44.782.911 | 13.863.241 | 19.140.148 | 13,5 | −4,66% | 1,42% |
| 2019 | 729.069.572 | 654.990.086 | 41.941.795 | 14.115.371 | 18.022.319 | 14,2 | −3,37% | 1,43% |
| 2018 | 754.522.256 | 680.496.012 | 41.602.334 | 14.765.098 | 17.658.812 | 14,75 | 2,21% | 1,49% |
| 2017 | 738.191.244 | 665.287.951 | 41.315.658 | 15.610.684 | 15.976.950 | 14,48 | 2,59% | 1,49% |
| 2016 | 719.521.432 | 648.815.837 | 40.908.919 | 15.059.121 | 14.737.555 | 14,17 | 0,69% | 1,48% |
| 2015 | 714.593.769 | 643.799.398 | 40.767.792 | 13.458.289 | 16.568.290 | 14,12 | 1,71% | 1,47% |
| 2014 | 702.553.067 | 630.586.549 | 40.038.690 | 12.942.958 | 18.984.872 | 13,94 | −1,46% | 1,45% |
| 2013 | 712.962.377 | 642.047.186 | 39.965.659 | 13.473.172 | 17.476.361 | 14,21 | −0,37% | 1,48% |
| 2012 | 715.602.333 | 645.211.528 | 40.104.212 | 12.963.765 | 17.322.829 | 14,33 | −0,11% | 1,51% |
| 2011 | 716.389.674 | 647.691.556 | 39.444.439 | 12.834.870 | 16.418.808 | 14,4 | 4,9% | 1,53% |
| 2010 | 682.954.956 | 612.937.224 | 39.635.925 | 12.319.454 | 18.062.353 | 13,78 | 9,95% | 1,50% |
| 2009 | 621.142.472 | 556.373.917 | 39.095.412 | 11.465.726 | 14.207.417 | 12,58 | 0,78% | 1,44% |
| 2008 | 616.336.067 | 552.369.209 | 38.314.809 | 11.338.837 | 14.313.213 | 12,52 | 2,05% | 1,41% |
| 2007 | 603.976.243 | 541.002.786 | 37.492.691 | 11.807.329 | 13.673.438 | 12,31 | 3,53% | 1,39% |
| 2006 | 583.400.569 | 523.700.890 | 36.734.771 | 11.685.343 | 11.279.566 | 11,93 | 1,44% | 1,39% |
| 2005 | 575.115.244 | 515.979.593 | 36.090.628 | 12.210.862 | 10.834.161 | 11,81 | −0,58% | 1,41% |
| 2004 | 578.458.549 | 519.470.600 | 35.957.900 | 12.475.203 | 10.554.846 | 11,93 | 3,27% | 1,46% |
| 2003 | 560.142.719 | 502.986.020 | 35.201.192 | 12.088.831 | 9.866.676 | 11,61 | 1,08% | 1,47% |
| 2002 | 554.173.050 | 494.470.379 | 35.404.291 | 12.264.266 | 12.034.114 | 11,54 | 3,14% | 1,52% |
| 2001 | 537.294.352 | 477.110.974 | 35.793.010 | 15.441.592 | 8.948.776 | 11,26 | 1,35% | 1,49% |
| 2000 | 530.144.980 | 466.403.114 | 36.050.357 | 15.712.127 | 11.979.382 | 11,19 | 6,75% | 1,48% |
| 1999 | 496.609.266 | 430.610.176 | 36.406.074 | 17.404.038 | 12.188.977 | 10,56 | 9,15% | 1,42% |
| 1998 | 454.985.566 | 393.614.146 | 37.158.529 | 17.307.999 | 6.904.892 | 9,76 | −13,74% | 1,31% |
| 1997 | 527.461.553 | 458.862.694 | 38.727.411 | 20.033.921 | 9.837.527 | 11,42 | 5,54% | 1,53% |
| 1996 | 499.757.723 | 436.496.620 | 38.651.160 | 16.483.761 | 8.126.182 | 10,92 | 7,15% | 1,46% |
| 1995 | 466.407.822 | 407.088.329 | 37.087.909 | 14.510.697 | 7.720.887 | 10,3 | 7,48% | 1,39% |
| 1994 | 433.936.933 | 377.449.766 | 37.301.982 | 13.819.287 | 5.365.898 | 9,68 | 7,64% | 1,33% |
| 1993 | 403.121.463 | 349.635.312 | 37.589.038 | 12.598.214 | 3.298.898 | 9,09 | 6,79% | 1,25% |
| 1992 | 377.498.770 | 321.092.189 | 39.052.354 | 14.123.491 | 3.230.737 | 8,61 | 8,88% | 1,17% |
| 1991 | 346.703.378 | 292.360.928 | 39.610.241 | 12.759.712 | 1.972.497 | 7,99 | 11,34% | 1,07% |
| 1990 | 311.402.094 | 260.232.556 | 39.930.187 | 9.329.950 | 1.909.401 | 7,25 | 7,22% | 0,97% |
| 1989 | 290.421.999 | 240.750.804 | 39.580.865 | 8.364.954 | 1.725.376 | 6,83 | 3,77% | 0,91% |
| 1988 | 279.867.557 | 228.659.489 | 41.059.466 | 8.498.765 | 1.649.836 | 6,65 | 10,5% | 0,89% |
| 1987 | 253.277.591 | 202.539.063 | 41.184.802 | 7.975.599 | 1.578.127 | 6,08 | 2,23% | 0,83% |
| 1986 | 247.750.576 | 196.754.939 | 41.643.548 | 7.825.390 | 1.526.700 | 6 | 3,88% | 0,84% |
| 1985 | 238.491.822 | 188.907.865 | 40.417.200 | 7.629.575 | 1.537.182 | 5,84 | 4,69% | 0,82% |
| 1984 | 227.808.920 | 180.467.681 | 38.543.642 | 7.228.714 | 1.568.884 | 5,65 | 11,44% | 0,79% |
| 1983 | 204.417.939 | 160.329.792 | 36.174.321 | 6.626.054 | 1.287.771 | 5,14 | 8,38% | 0,73% |
| 1982 | 188.610.938 | 147.228.002 | 34.290.116 | 5.819.334 | 1.273.486 | 4,81 | −0,1% | 0,68% |
| 1981 | 188.793.140 | 147.370.105 | 33.944.353 | 6.266.625 | 1.212.057 | 4,89 | 4,28% | 0,68% |
| 1980 | 181.045.714 | 141.430.751 | 32.206.220 | 6.128.668 | 1.280.075 | 4,76 | 0,96% | 0,64% |
| 1979 | 179.327.036 | 138.974.173 | 32.930.974 | 6.171.010 | 1.250.878 | 4,78 | 10,75% | 0,62% |
| 1978 | 161.918.965 | 122.500.901 | 32.365.335 | 5.985.538 | 1.067.191 | 4,38 | 5,37% | 0,58% |
| 1977 | 153.668.049 | 115.859.977 | 31.470.687 | 5.376.119 | 961.266 | 4,21 | 11,69% | 0,56% |
| 1976 | 137.590.304 | 101.771.919 | 29.834.712 | 5.104.781 | 878.893 | 3,83 | 8,06% | 0,52% |
| 1975 | 127.325.170 | 91.078.478 | 29.766.189 | 5.804.777 | 675.725 | 3,6 | 7,6% | 0,50% |
| 1974 | 118.335.141 | 84.006.021 | 28.667.669 | 5.486.494 | 174.958 | 3,4 | 5,96% | 0,47% |
| 1973 | 111.675.967 | 79.886.046 | 26.609.310 | 5.015.735 | 164.876 | 3,27 | 18,09% | 0,44% |
| 1972 | 94.569.704 | 64.873.991 | 24.738.034 | 4.831.835 | 125.845 | 2,82 | 2,6% | 0,39% |
| 1971 | 92.176.875 | 62.987.053 | 24.327.218 | 4.729.219 | 133.385 | 2,8 | 1,12% | 0,40% |
| 1970 | 91.155.741 | 62.335.266 | 23.988.873 | 4.712.612 | 118.990 | 2,83 | – | 0,39% |
See also
- South Korea CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of South Korea
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).