South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2009
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2009?
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South Korea emitted 537.82 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009.
This represents 1.71% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of South Korea in 2009?
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In 2009, South Korea emitted 11.07 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 48588024.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 537.82 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2009 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
172.71 |
3.55 |
| Gas |
72.17 |
1.49 |
| Coal |
262.39 |
5.4 |
| Cement |
24.55 |
0.51 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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