Rice — Emissions (CO2eq) in Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea: Rice — Emissions (CO2eq) was 4,936 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
4,936 kt
Change on year
down 3.7%
World rank
19th
of 136 countries
All-time high
9,030 kt
in 1989
All-time low
4,936 kt
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Rice — Emissions (CO2eq) in Republic of Korea, 1961–2023

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Republic of Korea recorded 4,936 kt for rice — emissions (co2eq) in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — emissions (co2eq) in Republic of Korea peaked at 9,030 kt in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4,936 kt, in 2023.

That places Republic of Korea 19th out of 136 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 7,878 kt 7,472 kt 8,298 kt 9
1970s 8,467 kt 8,172 kt 8,786 kt 10
1980s 8,695 kt 8,143 kt 9,030 kt 10
1990s 8,050 kt 7,631 kt 8,940 kt 10
2000s 7,050 kt 6,337 kt 7,672 kt 10
2010s 5,555 kt 5,073 kt 6,091 kt 10
2020s 5,059 kt 4,936 kt 5,124 kt 4

Countries ranked near Republic of Korea

  1. 16 Guinea 7,844 kt compare
  2. 17 Egypt 6,134 kt compare
  3. 18 Brazil 5,963 kt compare
  4. 20 Nepal 4,690 kt compare
  5. 21 Colombia 4,472 kt compare
  6. 22 Sri Lanka 4,222 kt compare

See the full ranking of 183 places →

More climate change data for Republic of Korea

All data for Republic of Korea →

Frequently asked questions

What is rice — emissions (co2eq) in Republic of Korea?
Rice — emissions (co2eq) in Republic of Korea was 4,936 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest rice — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 9,030 kt in 1989.
What is the lowest rice — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 4,936 kt in 2023.
How does Republic of Korea rank for rice — emissions (co2eq)?
Republic of Korea ranks 19th out of 136 countries with data for 2023.
Is rice — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Republic of Korea data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Rice — Emissions (CO2eq) in Republic of Korea. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/rice-emissions-co2eq-ar5/republic-of-korea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/rice-emissions-co2eq-ar5/republic-of-korea/">Rice — Emissions (CO2eq) in Republic of Korea</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Rice — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
183 places, 10,521 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.