South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2020?
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South Korea emitted 597.63 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
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 2020?
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In 2020, South Korea emitted 11.53 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 51844688.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 597.63 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
165.07 |
3.18 |
| Gas |
116.63 |
2.25 |
| Coal |
282.88 |
5.46 |
| Cement |
22.87 |
0.44 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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