Canada vs South Korea: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Canada
632.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
South Korea
621.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Canada rank
10th
South Korea rank
11th

Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time

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How they compare

Canada currently reports 632.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 621.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in South Korea, a difference of 11.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 10th and South Korea ranks 11th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
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
198 places, 34,488 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.