South Korea vs Mongolia: Methane emissions

South Korea
39.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Mongolia
42.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
South Korea rank
44th
Mongolia rank
42nd

Methane emissions over time

  • South Korea
  • Mongolia
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How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 42.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 39.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in South Korea, a difference of 2.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 44th and Mongolia ranks 42nd of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.