CO₂ per person in South Korea
11.3
tonnes of CO₂ per person, per year · 2024
20th highest of 213 countries
In 2014: 12.5
Nearby in the ranking
- Palau 12.8
- Curaçao 12.3
- Russia 12.3
- South Korea 11.3
- Greenland 11.1
- Turkmenistan 10.8
- Luxembourg 10.5
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About the data
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
- Unit
- tonnes of CO₂ per person, per year
- Years
- 1858–2024
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- Our World in Data
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- Our World in Data; Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0