Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Korea
Korea: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions was 78.87 Index in 2023. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Korea, 1999–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2023, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Korea stood at 78.87 Index.
That represents a change of down 12.4% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Korea peaked at 100 Index in 2000 and was at its lowest, 65.29 Index, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in Korea, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 98.29 Index | — |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 93.84 Index | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 91.36 Index | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 89.43 Index | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 90.71 Index | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 87.6 Index | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 92.16 Index | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 89.05 Index | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 77.3 Index | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 89.97 Index | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 84.35 Index | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 78.87 Index | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 77.4 Index | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 76.6 Index | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 65.29 Index | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 79.39 Index | +21.6% |
| 2016 | 84.74 Index | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 84.09 Index | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 80.56 Index | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 74.84 Index | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 70.2 Index | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 68.75 Index | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 89.99 Index | +30.9% |
| 2023 | 78.87 Index | -12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.29 Index | 98.29 Index | 98.29 Index | 1 |
| 2000s | 90.14 Index | 77.3 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.61 Index | 65.29 Index | 84.74 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.95 Index | 68.75 Index | 89.99 Index | 4 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 1 Azerbaijan 603.68 Index compare
- 2 Kazakhstan 272.94 Index compare
- 3 Iceland 208.51 Index compare
- 4 Kyrgyzstan 200.5 Index compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Korea?
- Air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in Korea was 78.87 Index in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 100 Index in 2000.
- What is the lowest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.29 Index in 2014.
- How does Korea rank for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- Korea ranks 1st out of 3 groups with data for 2023.
- Is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides selected information on national emissions of air pollutants: man-made emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Categories presented are based on the NFR (nomenclature for reporting) 2014 classification. Details of regroupings can be found in the table of correspondence. Data exclude non man-made emissions and international aviation and maritime transports emissions. For some countries residential mobile emissions (e.g. mowers) are included into “Other combustion” instead of “Other mobile”. Data source(s): (1) The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP Convention), UNECE-EMEP emissions Database, WebDab. EMEP Official; (2) Common Reporting Tables CRT to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables); (3) Replies to the OECD Questionnaire on the State of the Environment and comments from member countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 2026 Database documentation