Argentina vs South Korea: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Argentina

-7.35 million tonnes

in 2024

South Korea

-5.50 million tonnes

in 2024

Argentina rank

207th

South Korea rank

204th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

South Korea currently reports -5.50 million tonnes against -7.35 million tonnes in Argentina, a difference of 1.85 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 49 times across 113 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 207th and South Korea ranks 204th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.