South Korea vs Maldives: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy)

South Korea
0.0006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
0.0007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
South Korea rank
8th
Maldives rank
7th

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) over time

  • South Korea
  • Maldives
0000.0010.0010.001197019962023

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.0007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in South Korea, a difference of 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 8th and Maldives ranks 7th of 193 countries.

South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Maldives Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre South Korea
1980s 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre South Korea
1990s 0.0007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre South Korea
2000s 0.0008 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0004 Mt CO2e per square kilometre South Korea
2010s 0.0008 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre South Korea
2020s 0.0007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0 Mt CO2e per square kilometre South Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from industrial combustion (energy), South Korea or Maldives?
Maldives, at 0.0007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in South Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from industrial combustion (energy) between South Korea and Maldives?
0.0001 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Maldives?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do South Korea and Maldives rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from industrial combustion (energy)?
South Korea ranks 8th and Maldives ranks 7th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

South Korea vs Maldives: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-from-industrial-combustion-energy-mt-co2e-per-square/korea-rep/maldives/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-from-industrial-combustion-energy-mt-co2e-per-square/korea-rep/maldives/">South Korea vs Maldives: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre
Unit
Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
240 places, 12,327 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.