Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center (supervised by Ministry of Environment) produces information on greenhouse gas emissions in South Korea is based on data from government ministries including the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. The data that the Center collects is used to establish Korea’s response strategy in international climate negotiations, thereby supporting its statistical significance.

Data collected by the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center includes the following:

DOI. http://www.index.go.kr/potal/main/EachDtlPageDetail.do?idx_cd=1464

South Korea’s Greenhouse Gas Emission

[Unit” Million CO₂eq.]
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Total Emission	597.6	657.4	682.9	687.1	696.7	690.9	692.9	694.1
Net Emission	540.5	603	628.7	638	652	648.3	650.1	649.6
– Energy Sector	512.9	565.8	594.2	596.9	606.2	598.8	602.4	604.8
– Industrial Sector	47.6	54.4	52.1	53	53.3	56	53.3	51.5
– Agriculture	21.7	22.2	21.2	21.5	21.4	20.8	20.9	21.2
– LULUCF	-57.1	-54.4	-54.2	-49.1	-44.7	-42.7	-42.9	-44.5
– Waste	15.4	15	15.5	15.7	15.9	15.4	16.4	16.5
Growth Rate(percent)	0.8	10	3.9	0.6	1.4	-0.8	0.3	0.2

Breakdown of Greenhouse Gas Emission

[Unit” Million CO₂eq.]

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Total	292.9	316.2	343.1	378.8	403.8	437.3
CO₂	252.3	275.2	299.0	334.4	356.4	385.2
CH₄	30.3	30.2	29.6	29.0	29.0	28.6
N₂O	9.2	9.7	12.3	12.8	13.7	14.7
HFCs	1.0	0.8	1.9	2.1	3.8	5.1
PFCs	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
SF6	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.9	3.6

1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
471.1	500.8	430.2	468.3	501.4	514.6	536.0
417.7	443.6	377.4	409.6	441.6	457.0	475.8
29.0	29.2	27.9	27.6	27.5	27.8	28.0
15.8	16.8	17.0	17.5	18.3	18.5	18.4
5.8	7.2	4.9	8.1	8.4	5.9	8.7
0.6	1.7	1.6	1.9	2.2	2.0	2.0
2.3	2.4	1.4	3.6	3.2	3.4	3.3

2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
546.3	555.2	559.1	564.5	579.5	592.7	597.6
484.2	490.2	494.5	501.1	522.8	536.4	541.4
27.9	27.0	26.9	26.9	26.5	26.5	26.5
21.8	24.3	22.9	22.2	13.1	12.5	12.9
6.4	6.6	6.7	6.1	7.4	6.9	5.8
2.3	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.0	2.8	2.0
3.8	4.3	5.4	5.3	6.8	7.6	8.8

2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
657.4	682.9	687.1	696.7	690.9	692.9	694.1
594.7	624.3	627.2	636.4	629.7	634.5	637.6
26.9	26.6	26.5	26.5	26.0	26.0	26.0
13.6	13.4	13.9	14.2	13.9	14.3	14.8
8.1	7.9	8.7	8.1	8.5	7.9	7.4
2.3	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.4	1.5	1.5
11.9	8.8	8.5	9.3	10.4	8.7	6.8

CO2 Emission from Energy Sector in South Korea

[Unit” Million Ton CO₂]

1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
232.7	251.6	272.6	303.5	323.3	349.4
1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
381.2	405.4	345.9	376.4	405.3	419.2
2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
437.8	445.2	452.6	460.4	466.5	485.0
2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
498.3	505.4	557.3	585.3	587.6	596.5
2014	2015
589.3	592.8

To General Information Center of Greenhouse Gases, Ministry of Environment,

We, Climate Scorecard, appreciate your efforts to collect greenhouse gas emissions of South Korea, which is useful.We would like to congratulate you! If you can have more detailed breakdowns of your data available in English, it will be appreciated.

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