South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2014

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2014?

South Korea emitted 629.37 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2014. This represents 1.77% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Korea in 2014?

In 2014, South Korea emitted 12.45 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 50558044.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 629.37 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2014 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	161.53	3.2
Gas	101.45	2.01
Coal	331.3	6.55
Cement	25.41	0.5
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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