South Korea CO2 Emissions

Fossil CO2 Emissions (2022)
635,502,970tons
Yearly Change
-1.15%
Global Share
1.67%
Tons per capita
12.27
  • Fossil CO2 emissions in South Korea were 635,502,970 tons in 2022.
  • CO2 emissions decreased by -1.15% over the previous year, representing a dicrease by -7,401,040 tons over 2021, when CO2 emissions were 642,904,010 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in the Republic of Korea are equivalent to 12.26 tons per person (based on a population of 51,782,512 in 2022), a dicrease by -0.13 over the figure of 12.40 CO2 tons per person registered in 2021; this represents a change of -1.0% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of South Korea

Year Fossil CO2
Emissions
(tons)
CO2 emisions
change
CO2 emissions
per capita
Population Pop.
change
Share of World's
CO2 emissions
2022 635,502,970 -1.15% 12.27 51,782,512 -0.13 % 1.75%
2021 642,904,010 4.49% 12.40 51,848,397 -0.02 % 1.77%
2020 615,270,590 -5.55% 11.86 51,858,482 0.18 % 1.70%
2019 651,454,310 -2.89% 12.58 51,767,846 0.25 % 1.80%
2018 670,869,090 0.41% 12.99 51,640,894 0.30 % 1.85%
2017 668,139,610 1.22% 12.98 51,486,270 0.37 % 1.84%
2016 660,089,950 2.68% 12.87 51,297,839 0.62 % 1.82%
2015 642,889,350 3.08% 12.61 50,983,912 0.88 % 1.77%
2014 623,685,500 -0.83% 12.34 50,539,056 0.93 % 1.72%
2013 628,905,240 -0.43% 12.56 50,071,164 0.95 % 1.73%
2012 631,645,850 0.50% 12.73 49,599,579 0.96 % 1.74%
2011 628,472,940 5.14% 12.79 49,127,643 0.73 % 1.73%
2010 597,764,480 8.43% 12.26 48,769,332 0.46 % 1.65%
2009 551,282,200 1.48% 11.36 48,546,687 0.39 % 1.52%
2008 543,224,350 1.93% 11.23 48,356,493 0.37 % 1.50%
2007 532,960,080 2.12% 11.06 48,178,118 0.36 % 1.47%
2006 521,878,310 1.26% 10.87 48,006,518 0.32 % 1.44%
2005 515,395,540 -0.06% 10.77 47,851,644 0.32 % 1.42%
2004 515,702,500 4.08% 10.81 47,697,075 0.38 % 1.42%
2003 495,496,770 0.86% 10.43 47,514,160 0.45 % 1.37%
2002 491,270,970 1.82% 10.39 47,299,120 0.54 % 1.36%
2001 482,492,530 1.76% 10.26 47,043,468 0.59 % 1.33%
2000 474,157,940 11.73% 10.14 46,766,661 0.57 % 1.31%
1999 424,385,320 8.98% 9.13 46,500,383 0.58 % 1.17%
1998 389,426,040 -14.51% 8.42 46,230,878 0.63 % 1.07%
1997 455,512,460 5.54% 9.92 45,941,537 0.66 % 1.26%
1996 431,615,230 6.64% 9.46 45,638,700 0.60 % 1.19%
1995 404,741,830 8.41% 8.92 45,368,425 0.53 % 1.12%
1994 373,335,220 7.77% 8.27 45,130,840 0.54 % 1.03%
1993 346,425,890 8.62% 7.72 44,887,724 0.52 % 0.96%
1992 318,931,560 6.63% 7.14 44,653,695 0.48 % 0.88%
1991 299,114,160 9.92% 6.73 44,439,150 0.81 % 0.83%
1990 272,123,860 13.04% 6.17 44,081,427 1.28 % 0.75%
1989 240,724,800 5.29% 5.53 43,524,767 1.40 % 0.66%
1988 228,640,730 12.90% 5.33 42,922,977 1.42 % 0.63%
1987 202,510,500 2.94% 4.78 42,322,092 1.45 % 0.56%
1986 196,723,190 4.14% 4.72 41,718,505 1.38 % 0.54%
1985 188,903,060 4.68% 4.59 41,148,963 1.36 % 0.52%
1984 180,462,950 12.56% 4.45 40,598,300 1.49 % 0.50%
1983 160,325,120 8.90% 4.01 40,000,941 1.64 % 0.44%
1982 147,223,380 -0.10% 3.74 39,356,154 1.72 % 0.41%
1981 147,365,470 4.20% 3.81 38,689,189 1.44 % 0.41%
1980 141,426,110 1.77% 3.71 38,141,107 1.14 % 0.39%
1979 138,969,620 13.73% 3.69 37,710,899 1.15 % 0.38%
1978 122,194,340 5.75% 3.28 37,281,935 1.19 % 0.34%
1977 115,553,490 13.88% 3.14 36,843,637 1.27 % 0.32%

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