South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2021?

South Korea emitted 616.08 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 1.67% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Korea in 2021?

In 2021, South Korea emitted 11.89 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 51830136.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 616.08 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2021 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	171.48	3.31
Gas	126.79	2.45
Coal	283.91	5.48
Cement	23.7	0.46
Flaring	0.01	0.0

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