South Korea: Carbon intensity
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| South Korea |
Carbon intensity |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 0.22 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Measure | kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP |
| Data availability | 1990 - 2023 |
| Average | 0.35 |
| Min - Max | 0.22 - 0.47 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2023 is 0.22 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP, a decline from 0.23 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.19 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP, based on data from 179 countries. Historically, the average for South Korea from 1990 to 2023 is 0.35 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP. The minimum value, 0.22 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 0.47 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP was recorded in 1993.
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Definition: Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF divided by the GDP in 2021 PPP $.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline prices | 1.22 | 2016 | dollars |
| Diesel prices | 1.05 | 2016 | dollars |
| Energy use per capita | 5,413.35 | 2015 | kilograms of oil equivalent |
| Share of clean energy | 3.60 | 2021 | percent |
| Carbon intensity | 0.22 | 2023 | kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP |
| Energy use per $1000 GDP | 127.09 | 2015 | kilograms of oil equivalent |
| Electricity from renewable sources, kWh | 8,260.00 | 2015 | million kWh |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions | 574 | 2023 | Mt CO2 eq |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita | 11.09 | 2023 | metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | 659,330 | 2020 | kt of CO2 equivalent |
| GDP per unit of energy | 7.00 | 2015 | GDP per kg of oil equivalent |
| Energy imports | 81.45 | 2015 | percent |
| Natural resources income | 0.05 | 2021 | percent |
| Oil revenue | 0.03 | 2021 | percent |
| Natural gas revenue | 0.01 | 2021 | percent |
| Access to electricity | 100.00 | 2022 | percent |