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Australia vs South Korea: Greenhouse gas emissions

Australia
609.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
South Korea
630.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Australia rank
16th
South Korea rank
15th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Australia
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 630.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 609.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Australia, a difference of 20.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 16th and South Korea ranks 15th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas 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

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