CO₂ emissions per capita: South Korea
11.285893 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 116 years from 1905 to 2024 are below.
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.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.285893 |
| 2023 | 11.385368 |
| 2022 | 11.719733 |
| 2021 | 11.882237 |
| 2020 | 11.524331 |
| 2019 | 12.480763 |
| 2018 | 12.977481 |
| 2017 | 12.712852 |
| 2016 | 12.435496 |
| 2015 | 12.438773 |
| 2014 | 12.453072 |
| 2013 | 12.673574 |
| 2012 | 12.660249 |
| 2011 | 12.690266 |
| 2010 | 12.18674 |
| 2009 | 11.078403 |
| 2008 | 11.015084 |
| 2007 | 10.828748 |
| 2006 | 10.487704 |
| 2005 | 10.421549 |
| 2004 | 10.302297 |
| 2003 | 10.211963 |
| 2002 | 10.064984 |
| 2001 | 9.685312 |
| 2000 | 9.407999 |
| 1999 | 8.828288 |
| 1998 | 8.17717 |
| 1997 | 9.685518 |
| 1996 | 9.224541 |
| 1995 | 8.456663 |
| 1994 | 7.8814135 |
| 1993 | 7.3555517 |
| 1992 | 6.716251 |
| 1991 | 6.2037244 |
| 1990 | 5.6829114 |
| 1989 | 5.1352463 |
| 1988 | 4.914697 |
| 1987 | 4.3797073 |
| 1986 | 4.2258763 |
| 1985 | 4.1011415 |
| 1984 | 3.9583046 |
| 1983 | 3.728252 |
| 1982 | 3.577125 |
| 1981 | 3.6079779 |
| 1980 | 3.5270195 |
| 1979 | 3.523497 |
| 1978 | 3.0341585 |
| 1977 | 2.8623586 |
| 1976 | 2.5592287 |
| 1975 | 2.2763515 |
| 1974 | 2.1409853 |
| 1973 | 2.107525 |
| 1972 | 1.7752897 |
| 1971 | 1.7609502 |
| 1970 | 1.6506673 |
| 1969 | 1.3332661 |
| 1968 | 1.1931609 |
| 1967 | 1.151415 |
| 1966 | 1.0045666 |
| 1965 | 0.8529578 |
| 1964 | 0.7721402 |
| 1963 | 0.74907666 |
| 1962 | 0.62748337 |
| 1961 | 0.5380675 |
| 1960 | 0.4801812 |
| 1959 | 0.4435636 |
| 1958 | 0.36808914 |
| 1957 | 0.34716937 |
| 1956 | 0.33028087 |
| 1955 | 0.29128623 |
| 1954 | 0.24088418 |
| 1953 | 0.22591253 |
| 1952 | 0.17114936 |
| 1951 | 0.14715604 |
| 1950 | 0.11052537 |
| 1949 | 0.11088773 |
| 1948 | 0.08740277 |
| 1947 | 0.048331134 |
| 1946 | 0.02700406 |
| 1945 | 0.00020727544 |
| 1944 | 0.059320096 |
| 1943 | 0.05778662 |
| 1942 | 0.061373632 |
| 1941 | 0.057031173 |
| 1940 | 0.052291572 |
| 1939 | 0.041420978 |
| 1938 | 0.03222253 |
| 1937 | 0.024362974 |
| 1936 | 0.023039337 |
| 1935 | 0.019861618 |
| 1934 | 0.017085185 |
| 1933 | 0.012998396 |
| 1932 | 0.011155082 |
| 1931 | 0.009585923 |
| 1930 | 0.009171892 |
| 1929 | 0.009872459 |
| 1928 | 0.008726238 |
| 1927 | 0.007699354 |
| 1926 | 0.0075516426 |
| 1925 | 0.0071488135 |
| 1924 | 0.004555411 |
| 1923 | 0.004406232 |
| 1922 | 0.0037459387 |
| 1921 | 0.0037243112 |
| 1920 | 0.0035155378 |
| 1919 | 0.0027516454 |
| 1918 | 0.0023613453 |
| 1916 | 0.0024709727 |
| 1915 | 0.0030178302 |
| 1914 | 0.002454863 |
| 1913 | 0.0017427804 |
| 1912 | 0.0015220849 |
| 1911 | 0.0012330522 |
| 1910 | 0.0010505881 |
| 1909 | 0.00084252574 |
| 1905 | 0.00007904359 |