What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions and population recorded in South Korea?

The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 1800.

What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions and population recorded in South Korea?

The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2100.

How does South Korea rank for share of global co₂ emissions and population?

South Korea ranks 73rd out of 239 countries with data for 2100.

Is share of global co₂ emissions and population rising or falling in South Korea?

Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this South Korea data come from?

The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions and population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Share of global CO₂ emissions and population in South Korea

Name: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population in South Korea
Creator: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

South Korea: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population was 0.2% in 2100. ▼ Falling

Latest (2100)

0.2%

Change on year

down 1.3%

World rank

73rd

of 239 countries

All-time high

1.0%

in 1800

All-time low

0.2%

in 2100

Years of data

318

1000–2100

Share of global CO₂ emissions and population in South Korea, 1000–2100

Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions and population in South Korea is 0.2%, measured in 2100. That is the lowest value across all 318 years on record.

The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions and population in South Korea peaked at 1.0% in 1800 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2100.

That places South Korea 73rd out of 239 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 318 years of available data.

Share of global CO₂ emissions and population in South Korea, year by year

Annual values for Share of global CO₂ emissions and population in South Korea, 1000 to 2100.
Year	%	Change
1000	0.5%	—
1100	0.5%	-2.4%
1200	0.6%	+19.3%
1300	0.4%	-26.9%
1400	0.5%	+20.3%
1500	0.5%	+0.5%
1600	0.6%	+21.8%
1700	0.7%	+8.4%
1710	0.7%	+6.0%
1720	0.7%	+2.1%
1730	0.8%	+3.5%
1740	0.8%	+2.4%
1750	0.8%	-0.1%
1760	0.8%	+2.4%
1770	0.8%	+2.0%
1780	0.8%	-1.5%
1790	0.8%	+2.4%
1800	1.0%	+17.9%
1801	1.0%	-0.3%
1802	0.9%	-0.3%
1803	0.9%	-0.3%
1804	0.9%	-0.3%
1805	0.9%	-0.4%
1806	0.9%	-0.4%
1807	0.9%	-0.4%
1808	0.9%	-0.4%
1809	0.9%	-0.4%
1810	0.9%	-0.5%
1811	0.9%	-0.5%
1812	0.9%	-0.6%
1813	0.9%	-0.6%
1814	0.9%	-0.7%
1815	0.9%	-0.7%
1816	0.9%	-0.7%
1817	0.9%	-0.7%
1818	0.9%	-0.7%
1819	0.9%	-0.7%
1820	0.9%	-0.7%
1821	0.9%	-0.6%
1822	0.9%	-0.6%
1823	0.8%	-0.6%
1824	0.8%	-0.6%
1825	0.8%	-0.6%
1826	0.8%	-0.6%
1827	0.8%	-0.6%
1828	0.8%	-0.6%
1829	0.8%	-0.6%
1830	0.8%	-0.5%
1831	0.8%	-0.5%
1832	0.8%	-0.5%
1833	0.8%	-0.4%
1834	0.8%	-0.4%
1835	0.8%	-0.4%
1836	0.8%	-0.4%
1837	0.8%	-0.4%
1838	0.8%	-0.4%
1839	0.8%	-0.4%
1840	0.8%	-0.4%
1841	0.8%	-0.4%
1842	0.8%	-0.4%
1843	0.8%	-0.4%
1844	0.8%	-0.4%
1845	0.8%	-0.4%
1846	0.8%	-0.4%
1847	0.8%	-0.4%
1848	0.8%	-0.4%
1849	0.8%	-0.3%
1850	0.7%	-0.3%
1851	0.7%	-0.2%
1852	0.7%	-0.1%
1853	0.7%	-0.1%
1854	0.7%	-0.1%
1855	0.7%	-0.1%
1856	0.7%	-0.1%
1857	0.7%	-0.1%
1858	0.7%	-0.1%
1859	0.7%	-0.1%
1860	0.7%	-0.2%
1861	0.7%	-0.2%
1862	0.7%	-0.2%
1863	0.7%	-0.2%
1864	0.7%	-0.2%
1865	0.7%	-0.2%
1866	0.7%	-0.3%
1867	0.7%	-0.3%
1868	0.7%	-0.3%
1869	0.7%	-0.3%
1870	0.7%	-0.4%
1871	0.7%	-0.4%
1872	0.7%	-0.5%
1873	0.7%	-0.5%
1874	0.7%	-0.5%
1875	0.7%	-0.5%
1876	0.7%	-0.5%
1877	0.7%	-0.5%
1878	0.7%	-0.5%
1879	0.7%	-0.6%
1880	0.7%	-0.6%
1881	0.7%	-0.7%
1882	0.7%	-0.7%
1883	0.7%	-0.7%
1884	0.7%	-0.7%
1885	0.7%	-0.7%
1886	0.7%	-0.7%
1887	0.7%	-0.7%
1888	0.6%	-0.7%
1889	0.6%	-0.7%
1890	0.6%	-0.7%
1891	0.6%	-0.7%
1892	0.6%	-0.7%
1893	0.6%	-0.6%
1894	0.6%	-0.6%
1895	0.6%	-0.7%
1896	0.6%	-0.7%
1897	0.6%	-0.7%
1898	0.6%	-0.7%
1899	0.6%	-0.7%
1900	0.6%	-0.7%
1901	0.6%	-0.7%
1902	0.6%	-0.7%
1903	0.6%	-0.7%
1904	0.6%	-0.7%
1905	0.6%	-0.7%
1906	0.6%	-0.7%
1907	0.6%	-0.7%
1908	0.6%	-0.7%
1909	0.6%	-0.4%
1910	0.6%	-0.1%
1911	0.6%	+0.2%
1912	0.6%	+0.6%
1913	0.6%	+0.9%
1914	0.6%	+0.9%
1915	0.6%	+0.9%
1916	0.6%	+0.9%
1917	0.6%	+0.9%
1918	0.6%	+0.9%
1919	0.6%	+0.8%
1920	0.6%	+0.8%
1921	0.6%	+0.8%
1922	0.6%	+0.8%
1923	0.6%	+0.8%
1924	0.6%	+0.8%
1925	0.6%	+0.7%
1926	0.6%	+0.7%
1927	0.6%	+0.7%
1928	0.6%	+0.7%
1929	0.6%	+0.6%
1930	0.6%	+0.5%
1931	0.7%	+0.4%
1932	0.7%	+0.3%
1933	0.7%	+0.1%
1934	0.7%	+0.1%
1935	0.7%	+0.1%
1936	0.7%	+0.1%
1937	0.7%	+0.1%
1938	0.7%	+0.1%
1939	0.7%	+0.5%
1940	0.7%	+0.9%
1941	0.7%	+1.4%
1942	0.7%	+1.8%
1943	0.7%	+2.1%
1944	0.7%	+2.1%
1945	0.7%	+2.2%
1946	0.8%	+2.2%
1947	0.8%	+2.1%
1948	0.8%	+2.1%
1949	0.8%	+1.6%
1950	0.8%	-0.3%
1951	0.8%	-1.2%
1952	0.8%	-0.0%
1953	0.8%	+0.7%
1954	0.8%	+1.1%
1955	0.8%	+1.3%
1956	0.8%	+1.3%
1957	0.8%	+1.4%
1958	0.8%	+1.4%
1959	0.9%	+1.5%
1960	0.9%	+1.5%
1961	0.9%	+1.2%
1962	0.9%	+0.5%
1963	0.9%	+0.1%
1964	0.9%	-0.1%
1965	0.9%	-0.3%
1966	0.9%	-0.2%
1967	0.9%	+0.1%
1968	0.9%	+0.2%
1969	0.9%	+0.1%
1970	0.9%	+0.1%
1971	0.9%	+0.1%
1972	0.9%	+0.1%
1973	0.9%	+0.1%
1974	0.9%	-0.0%
1975	0.9%	-0.2%
1976	0.9%	-0.4%
1977	0.9%	-0.5%
1978	0.9%	-0.6%
1979	0.9%	-0.6%
1980	0.9%	-0.7%
1981	0.9%	-0.4%
1982	0.9%	-0.1%
1983	0.9%	-0.2%
1984	0.8%	-0.3%
1985	0.8%	-0.4%
1986	0.8%	-0.4%
1987	0.8%	-0.4%
1988	0.8%	-0.4%
1989	0.8%	-0.4%
1990	0.8%	-0.5%
1991	0.8%	-0.9%
1992	0.8%	-1.1%
1993	0.8%	-1.0%
1994	0.8%	-0.9%
1995	0.8%	-0.9%
1996	0.8%	-0.8%
1997	0.8%	-0.7%
1998	0.8%	-0.7%
1999	0.8%	-0.8%
2000	0.8%	-0.8%
2001	0.8%	-0.7%
2002	0.7%	-0.8%
2003	0.7%	-0.8%
2004	0.7%	-0.9%
2005	0.7%	-0.9%
2006	0.7%	-0.9%
2007	0.7%	-0.9%
2008	0.7%	-0.9%
2009	0.7%	-0.9%
2010	0.7%	-0.8%
2011	0.7%	-0.5%
2012	0.7%	-0.3%
2013	0.7%	-0.3%
2014	0.7%	-0.3%
2015	0.7%	-0.3%
2016	0.7%	-0.6%
2017	0.7%	-0.8%
2018	0.7%	-0.8%
2019	0.7%	-0.8%
2020	0.7%	-0.8%
2021	0.7%	-0.9%
2022	0.6%	-1.0%
2023	0.6%	-0.9%
2024	0.6%	-0.9%
2025	0.6%	-0.9%
2026	0.6%	-1.0%
2027	0.6%	-1.0%
2028	0.6%	-1.0%
2029	0.6%	-1.0%
2030	0.6%	-1.0%
2031	0.6%	-1.0%
2032	0.6%	-1.0%
2033	0.6%	-1.1%
2034	0.6%	-1.1%
2035	0.6%	-1.1%
2036	0.6%	-1.1%
2037	0.6%	-1.2%
2038	0.5%	-1.2%
2039	0.5%	-1.2%
2040	0.5%	-1.2%
2041	0.5%	-1.2%
2042	0.5%	-1.3%
2043	0.5%	-1.3%
2044	0.5%	-1.3%
2045	0.5%	-1.3%
2046	0.5%	-1.3%
2047	0.5%	-1.3%
2048	0.5%	-1.4%
2049	0.5%	-1.4%
2050	0.5%	-1.4%
2051	0.5%	-1.5%
2052	0.5%	-1.5%
2053	0.4%	-1.5%
2054	0.4%	-1.5%
2055	0.4%	-1.5%
2056	0.4%	-1.6%
2057	0.4%	-1.6%
2058	0.4%	-1.6%
2059	0.4%	-1.6%
2060	0.4%	-1.7%
2061	0.4%	-1.6%
2062	0.4%	-1.7%
2063	0.4%	-1.7%
2064	0.4%	-1.7%
2065	0.4%	-1.6%
2066	0.4%	-1.6%
2067	0.4%	-1.6%
2068	0.3%	-1.6%
2069	0.3%	-1.6%
2070	0.3%	-1.6%
2071	0.3%	-1.6%
2072	0.3%	-1.6%
2073	0.3%	-1.6%
2074	0.3%	-1.6%
2075	0.3%	-1.6%
2076	0.3%	-1.6%
2077	0.3%	-1.6%
2078	0.3%	-1.5%
2079	0.3%	-1.5%
2080	0.3%	-1.5%
2081	0.3%	-1.5%
2082	0.3%	-1.5%
2083	0.3%	-1.5%
2084	0.3%	-1.5%
2085	0.3%	-1.5%
2086	0.3%	-1.5%
2087	0.3%	-1.5%
2088	0.3%	-1.5%
2089	0.3%	-1.5%
2090	0.2%	-1.5%
2091	0.2%	-1.5%
2092	0.2%	-1.5%
2093	0.2%	-1.5%
2094	0.2%	-1.5%
2095	0.2%	-1.4%
2096	0.2%	-1.4%
2097	0.2%	-1.4%
2098	0.2%	-1.4%
2099	0.2%	-1.3%
2100	0.2%	-1.3%

South Korea compared with similar countries

South Korea's 0.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 10.5× the median. (85 countries reporting)
South Korea's 0.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0%, 11.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions and population in South Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1300	-26.9%	0.6%	0.4%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1000s	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	1
1100s	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	1
1200s	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	1
1300s	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	1
1400s	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	1
1500s	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	1
1600s	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	1
1700s	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	1
1710s	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	1
1720s	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	1
1730s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1
1740s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1
1750s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1
1760s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1
1770s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1
1780s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1
1790s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1
1800s	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%	10
1810s	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	10
1820s	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	10
1830s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	10
1840s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	10
1850s	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	10
1860s	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	10
1870s	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	10
1880s	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	10
1890s	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	10
1900s	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	10
1910s	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	10
1920s	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	10
1930s	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	10
1940s	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	10
1950s	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	10
1960s	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	10
1970s	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	10
1980s	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	10
1990s	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	10
2000s	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	10
2010s	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	10
2020s	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	10
2030s	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	10
2040s	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	10
2050s	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	10
2060s	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	10
2070s	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	10
2080s	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	10
2090s	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	10
2100s	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	1

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More climate change data for South Korea

Spring temperature anomalies 1.1 °C (2026)
Summer temperature anomalies 0.7164 °C (2026)
Temperature anomalies by month -0.8996 °C (2026)
Population, total, annual growth rate -0.1285 % change on previous year (2025)
Population, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1214 % change on previous year (2025)
Urban population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Urban population, per capita 0.8117 units per person (2025)
Precipitation anomalies, annual growth rate -78.08 % change on previous year (2025)
Autumn temperature anomalies 2.24 °C (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of global co₂ emissions and population in South Korea?: Share of global co₂ emissions and population in South Korea was 0.2% in 2100, according to HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions and population recorded in South Korea?: The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 1800.
What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions and population recorded in South Korea?: The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2100.
How does South Korea rank for share of global co₂ emissions and population?: South Korea ranks 73rd out of 239 countries with data for 2100.
Is share of global co₂ emissions and population rising or falling in South Korea?: Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this South Korea data come from?: The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions and population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,170 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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