South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2022

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2022?

South Korea emitted 601.0 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2022. This represents 1.62% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South Korea in 2022?

In 2022, South Korea emitted 11.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 51815808.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 601.0 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2022 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	173.71	3.35
Gas	125.66	2.43
Coal	268.03	5.17
Cement	23.41	0.45
Flaring	0.01	0.0

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