Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Korea
Korea: Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total was 76.77 Index in 2023. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Korea, 1990–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Korea is 76.77 Index, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Korea peaked at 106.08 Index in 1994 and was at its lowest, 76.77 Index, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Korea, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 104.92 Index | — |
| 1991 | 105.62 Index | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 105.92 Index | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 105.54 Index | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 106.08 Index | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 105.51 Index | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 105.42 Index | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 105.36 Index | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 102.25 Index | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 100.51 Index | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 100.64 Index | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 99.76 Index | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 99.17 Index | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 95.1 Index | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 94.46 Index | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 93.79 Index | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 92.13 Index | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 91.34 Index | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 91.3 Index | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 90.95 Index | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 88.44 Index | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 87.1 Index | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 85.9 Index | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 85.07 Index | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 84.78 Index | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 84.28 Index | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 84.94 Index | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 83.21 Index | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 80.48 Index | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 79.62 Index | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 79.1 Index | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 78.6 Index | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 76.77 Index | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 104.71 Index | 100.51 Index | 106.08 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 95.77 Index | 91.3 Index | 100.64 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.52 Index | 80.48 Index | 90.95 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.52 Index | 76.77 Index | 79.62 Index | 4 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 1 Türkiye 137.1 Index compare
- 1 Croatia 91.28 Index compare
- 1 Peru 3,103 Index compare
- 2 Latvia 98.01 Index compare
- 2 Guyana 283.81 Index compare
- 3 Ghana 270.66 Index compare
- 3 Moldova 61.24 Index compare
- 4 Kenya 263.79 Index compare
- 5 Estonia 78.82 Index compare
- 5 Solomon Islands 260.21 Index compare
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- Air temperature, hot days, tropical nights and icing days - Regions 13.21 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Regions — GHG emissions from manufacturing 182.25 million Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2023)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Regions — GHG emissions from industries 194.04 million Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2023)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Regions — GHG emissions from power 250.64 million Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2023)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Regions — GHG emissions total regions 644.97 million Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2023)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Regions — GHG emissions from road transport 99.95 million Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2023)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Regions — GHG emissions from ground 100.15 million Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Korea?
- Air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Korea was 76.77 Index in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 106.08 Index in 1994.
- What is the lowest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.77 Index in 2023.
- How does Korea rank for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total?
- Korea ranks 2nd out of 4 groups with data for 2023.
- Is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. 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 - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total emissions excluding LULUCF. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in man-made emissions of major greenhouse gases and emissions by gas. Data refer to total emissions of CO2 (emissions from energy use and industrial processes, e.g. cement production), CH4(methane emissions from solid waste, livestock, mining of hard coal and lignite, rice paddies, agriculture and leaks from natural gas pipelines), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). Data exclude indirect CO2. For UNCCCC Annex I countries, data follow the IPCC 2006 guidelines. Territories' coverage are as those defined in the Kyoto Protocol. Data source(s): National Inventory Submissions 2026 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables), available here. Data for Indonesia, Israel and Korea were derived from Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaires submitted to the OECD. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 Database documentation