South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2011

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2011?

South Korea emitted 623.44 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2011. This represents 1.81% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Korea in 2011?

In 2011, South Korea emitted 12.68 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 49169880.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 623.44 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2011 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	171.47	3.49
Gas	98.51	2.0
Coal	320.17	6.51
Cement	24.72	0.5
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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