South Korea - Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent - 1990 to 2017

Since 2012, South Korea Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions decreased by 3.1% year on year. In 2017, the country was number 43 comparing other countries in Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions at -41,868.69 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. South Korea is overtaken by Australia, which was ranked number 42 with -39,818.92 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent and is followed by Sweden at -43,740.48 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. Indonesia lead the ranking with 1,333,652.1 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent in 2019, +0.9% versus 2018. Brazil, India and Denmark respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Denmark recorded the best 5 years average growth at +31.4% per year, while Luxembourg witnessed the worst performance at -17.2% per year.