South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2016?

South Korea emitted 637.91 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 1.8% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Korea in 2016?

In 2016, South Korea emitted 12.43 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 51309984.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 637.91 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	184.03	3.59
Gas	96.66	1.88
Coal	320.7	6.25
Cement	26.67	0.52
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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