Global Carbon Project fossil CO₂ emissions: South Korea

A newer version of this dataset is available. The latest version available on Openclimatedata is 2025v15.

Total Fossil CO₂

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Mt CO₂
  • Total

CO₂ from Coal

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Coal

CO₂ from Oil

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Oil

CO₂ from Gas

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Gas

CO₂ from Flaring

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Flaring

Cement (Process CO₂ Emissions)

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Cement

Other CO₂ (Other carbonates)

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Other

Per Capita CO₂

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t CO₂/capita
  • Per Capita
Source: GCB Fossil 2023v43

Data and Sources

YearTotalCoalOilGasFlaringCementOtherPer Capita
2022601.0
268.0
173.7
125.7
0.006083
23.41
10.18
11.60
2021616.1
283.9
171.5
126.8
0.006083
23.70
10.18
11.89
2020597.6
282.9
165.1
116.6
0.0003100
22.87
10.18
11.53
2019646.1
321.6
175.8
113.6
0
24.93
10.18
12.47
2018670.2
340.3
177.6
117.2
0
24.70
10.31
12.97
2017654.5
337.7
179.4
100.9
0
26.35
10.24
12.71
2016637.9
320.7
184.0
96.66
0
26.67
9.855
12.43
2015634.2
335.4
170.6
92.59
0
25.78
9.804
12.44
2014629.4
331.3
161.5
101.4
0
25.41
9.672
12.45
2013634.6
320.6
168.6
111.5
0
25.05
8.774
12.67
2012627.9
317.0
170.8
106.6
0
24.85
8.721
12.65
2011623.4
320.2
171.5
98.51
0
24.72
8.572
12.68
2010594.3
295.1
176.2
91.54
0
24.30
7.294
12.18
2009537.8
262.4
172.7
72.17
0
24.55
5.992
11.07
2008532.7
253.0
171.1
75.92
0
26.08
6.517
11.01
2007521.7
228.4
187.3
73.37
0
26.28
6.378
10.82
2006503.5
216.4
190.1
68.00
0
23.14
5.861
10.48
2005498.7
209.3
195.1
65.27
0
23.33
5.730
10.41
2004491.4
203.1
196.3
60.23
0
26.12
5.638
10.30
2003485.2
195.3
205.4
51.40
0
27.92
5.200
10.21
2002476.1
187.6
207.1
49.07
0
27.11
5.137
10.06
2001455.6
174.6
206.1
44.16
0
25.67
5.094
9.681
2000440.0
163.9
206.2
40.20
0
24.76
4.909
9.404
1999410.5
145.6
200.6
35.80
0
23.72
4.739
8.824
1998378.0
137.6
183.6
29.40
0
22.88
4.575
8.174
1997445.0
133.3
246.1
31.43
0
29.32
4.837
9.681
1996421.0
122.7
239.5
25.86
0
28.31
4.667
9.220
1995383.7
105.3
226.1
19.57
0
28.10
4.609
8.452
1994355.7
101.8
206.6
16.19
0
26.84
4.295
7.875
1993330.2
99.62
189.4
12.16
0
24.70
4.268
7.348
1992299.9
91.32
174.0
9.733
0
21.13
3.752
6.709
1991275.7
94.09
151.7
7.441
0
18.96
3.520
6.197
1990250.5
94.31
130.9
6.433
0
15.87
2.950
5.678
1989223.5
96.03
107.5
5.598
0
14.43
-
5.130
1988211.0
98.92
92.50
5.783
0
13.76
-
4.907
1987185.4
92.28
76.40
4.477
0
12.21
-
4.371
1986176.3
91.15
73.84
0.1464
0
11.16
-
4.217
1985168.8
87.83
71.17
0
0
9.761
-
4.093
1984160.7
77.64
73.28
0
0
9.776
-
3.952
1983149.1
64.56
74.36
0
0
10.22
-
3.723
1982140.8
60.57
71.60
0
0
8.607
-
3.573
1981139.6
59.93
72.13
0
0
7.531
-
3.604
1980134.5
49.42
77.56
0
0
7.545
-
3.524
1979132.9
46.00
78.92
0
0
7.950
-
3.521
1978113.1
36.35
69.42
0
0
7.347
-
3.030
1977105.5
37.06
61.49
0
0
6.909
-
2.857
197693.10
33.80
53.52
0
0
5.791
-
2.554
197581.67
30.68
46.03
0
0
4.953
-
2.273
197475.55
29.54
41.68
0
0
4.333
-
2.139
197372.97
28.76
40.20
0
0
4.015
-
2.105
197260.25
24.52
32.54
0
0
3.191
-
1.773
197158.53
23.54
31.60
0
0
3.391
-
1.758
197053.72
23.28
27.56
0
0
2.879
-
1.648
196942.47
20.03
20.05
0
0
2.388
-
1.331
196837.20
20.05
15.39
0
0
1.766
-
1.191
196735.11
23.41
10.49
0
0
1.207
-
1.150
196629.98
22.53
6.526
0
0
0.9304
-
1.005
196524.98
19.64
4.547
0
0
0.7959
-
0.8560
196422.20
18.33
3.249
0
0
0.6141
-
0.7773
196321.08
16.77
3.927
0
0
0.3852
-
0.7555
196217.26
13.92
2.953
0
0
0.3889
-
0.6338
196114.45
11.90
2.290
0
0
0.2580
-
0.5442
196012.54
10.24
2.085
0
0
0.2145
-
0.4857
195911.22
8.893
2.151
0
0
0.1781
-
0.4482
19589.009
7.173
1.690
0
0
0.1454
-
0.3714
19578.214
6.698
1.469
0
0
0.04725
-
0.3496
19567.555
6.097
1.436
0
0
0.02181
-
0.3319
19556.445
5.294
1.121
0
0
0.02907
-
0.2919
19545.159
4.067
1.063
0
0
0.02907
-
0.2407
19534.693
3.663
1.008
0
0
0.02182
-
0.2250
19523.462
2.781
0.6632
0
0
0.01817
-
0.1698
19512.924
2.363
0.5569
0
0
0.003634
-
0.1453
19502.184
1.679
0.4975
0
0
0.007256
-
0.1086
19492.176
2.165
0
0
0
0.01090
-
-
19481.671
1.663
0
0
0
0.007269
-
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19470.8976
0.8903
0
0
0
0.007298
-
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19460.4873
0.4836
0
0
0
0.003662
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19450.003634
0
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0
0
0.003634
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19441.010
0.9845
0
0
0
0.02602
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19430.9564
0.9200
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0
0
0.03635
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19420.9869
0.9561
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0
0
0.03080
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19410.8939
0.8599
0
0
0
0.03405
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19400.8016
0.8016
0
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19390.6232
0.5920
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0.03119
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19380.4775
0.4775
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19370.3568
0.3396
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0.01722
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19360.3335
0.3188
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0.01474
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19350.2842
0.2721
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0
0.01205
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19340.2416
0.2358
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0
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0.005738
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19330.1817
0.1817
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19320.1541
0.1541
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19310.1307
0.1307
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19300.1234
0.1234
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19290.1309
0.1309
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19280.1140
0.1140
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19270.09893
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19260.09546
0.09546
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19250.08890
0.08890
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19240.05573
0.05573
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19230.05303
0.05303
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19220.04435
0.04435
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19210.04339
0.04339
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19200.04030
0.04030
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19190.03105
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19180.02623
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1772-
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1771-
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1770-
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1769-
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1768-
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1767-
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1766-
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1765-
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1764-
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1763-
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1762-
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1761-
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1760-
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1759-
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1758-
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1757-
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1756-
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1755-
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1754-
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1753-
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1752-
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1751-
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1750-
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Sources:

BP
CDIAC (Andres et al. 2011)
CDIAC 2023
GCP
GCP-CEM
South Korea
UN population
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