South Korea - Methane Emissions from Rice Cultivation

Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent - 1990 to 2019

Since 2014, South Korea Methane Emissions from Rice Cultivation was down by 2% year on year. In 2019, the country was number 8 among other countries in Methane Emissions from Rice Cultivation with 5,776.79 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. South Korea is overtaken by United States, which was ranked number 7 with 12,975.18 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent and is followed by Brazil with 2,469.78 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. China topped the ranking with 115,146.11 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent in 2019, a growth of 0.3% versus 2018. India, Indonesia and Philippines respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Greece witnessed the best average annual growth at +5% per year, while Romania recorded the worst performance at -8.1% per year.