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

France

-6.11 million tonnes

in 2024

South Korea

-5.50 million tonnes

in 2024

France rank

205th

South Korea rank

204th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

South Korea currently reports -5.50 million tonnes against -6.11 million tonnes in France, a difference of 607,710 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 33 times across 113 shared years of data; in 1910 it was France ahead.

France ranks 205th 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.