Korea - Greenhouse gas emissions

Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)

The value for Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent) in Korea was 56,606 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56,606 in 2016 and a minimum value of -17,807 in 1990.

Definition: Other greenhouse gas emissions are by-product emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also:

Year Value
1970 -3,447
1971 -3,389
1972 -3,431
1973 -4,135
1974 -4,226
1975 -4,004
1976 -4,158
1977 -4,474
1978 -1,095
1979 -1,106
1980 -635
1981 -1,000
1982 -923
1983 -4,159
1984 -11,250
1985 -14,420
1986 -13,760
1987 -17,491
1988 -11,096
1989 -10,007
1990 -17,807
1991 -17,309
1992 -13,076
1993 -11,954
1994 -11,317
1995 -11,457
1996 -10,547
1997 -8,855
1998 -7,074
1999 -5,868
2000 -7,032
2001 -4,971
2002 -8,269
2003 -7,835
2004 -5,584
2005 -8,948
2006 -9,425
2007 808
2008 4,403
2009 9,603
2010 17,515
2011 24,205
2012 31,850
2013 35,578
2014 29,371
2015 48,128
2016 56,606

Other greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990)

The value for Other greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990) in Korea was 45.46 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 173.71 in 1999 and a minimum value of 9.47 in 1991.

Definition: Other greenhouse gas emissions are by-product emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. Each year of data shows the percentage change to that year from 1990.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also:

Year Value
1991 9.47
1992 15.56
1993 18.35
1994 23.96
1995 34.01
1996 80.89
1997 99.87
1998 97.76
1999 173.71
2000 142.23
2001 88.52
2002 143.58
2003 108.57
2004 88.69
2005 95.26
2006 72.42
2007 74.84
2008 81.42
2009 51.95
2010 45.46
2011 45.46
2012 45.46

Total greenhouse gas emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent)

The value for Total greenhouse gas emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent) in Korea was 718,880 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 718,880 in 2018 and a minimum value of 286,680 in 1990.

Definition: Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and Savannah burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).

Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), EDGARv4.2 FT2012: http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

See also:

Year Value
1990 286,680
1991 312,020
1992 336,580
1993 367,440
1994 395,040
1995 427,420
1996 455,360
1997 481,200
1998 416,390
1999 454,250
2000 511,790
2001 528,550
2002 521,370
2003 529,250
2004 553,340
2005 548,760
2006 557,070
2007 565,860
2008 579,950
2009 593,600
2010 646,420
2011 670,790
2012 675,290
2013 675,000
2014 664,250
2015 685,800
2016 696,930
2017 710,340
2018 718,880

Total greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990)

The value for Total greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990) in Korea was 122.62 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 122.62 in 2012 and a minimum value of 9.38 in 1991.

Definition: Total greenhouse gas emissions are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and Savannah burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6). Each year of data shows the percentage change to that year from 1990.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

See also:

Year Value
1991 9.38
1992 18.01
1993 28.13
1994 39.11
1995 50.96
1996 62.18
1997 71.03
1998 49.91
1999 63.06
2000 70.65
2001 73.83
2002 77.98
2003 81.77
2004 87.17
2005 86.81
2006 88.25
2007 91.53
2008 98.00
2009 97.83
2010 109.26
2011 116.33
2012 122.62

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions