Australia vs South Korea: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Australia
20.04 billion tonnes
in 2024
South Korea
20.71 billion tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
17th
South Korea rank
16th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

  • Australia
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 20.71 billion tonnes against 20.04 billion tonnes in Australia, a difference of 667.80 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 116 shared years of data; in 1905 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 17th and South Korea ranks 16th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Cumulative 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, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
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Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.