Republic of Korea: Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions (2015-2026)

Climate TRACE provides greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimates for the Republic of Korea, covering annual country-level data since 2015 and monthly source-level data since 2021. The inventory tracks emissions across sub-sectors and specific gases for over 2.7 million sources globally, including asset-level ownership details where available.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in South Korean GHG emissions using annual sub-sector data
• Evaluating the reliability of source-level emissions using the provided confidence scores
• Mapping specific emission hotspots using monthly source-level geospatial data

Strengths

• Includes source-level emissions for over 2.7 million global sources
• Provides monthly granularity starting from 2021
• Includes confidence scores for source-level estimates
• Covers multiple gas types and sub-sectors

Limitations

• Source-level ownership data is incomplete
• Emissions are estimates rather than direct sensor measurements
• Specific column names are not documented in the metadata

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Estimated based on various data assets and modeling

Time Range

2015-2026

Freshness

Updated as recently as March 2026; provides monthly granularity for recent years.

Geography

Republic of Korea