South Korea vs Uganda: Methane emissions

South Korea
39.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Uganda
37.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
South Korea rank
44th
Uganda rank
47th

Methane emissions over time

  • South Korea
  • Uganda
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 39.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 37.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Uganda, a difference of 2.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 44th and Uganda ranks 47th 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.