South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2019

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2019?

South Korea emitted 646.1 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019. This represents 1.74% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Korea in 2019?

In 2019, South Korea emitted 12.47 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 51803832.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 646.1 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2019 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	175.8	3.39
Gas	113.59	2.19
Coal	321.61	6.21
Cement	24.93	0.48
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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