Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Korea
Korea: Heating Degree Days, gaps filled was 4,260 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Korea, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for heating degree days, gaps filled in Korea is 4,260, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, heating degree days, gaps filled in Korea peaked at 5,681 in 1963 and was at its lowest, 4,260, in 2024.
That places Korea 54th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,117 | — |
| 1961 | 5,075 | -0.8% |
| 1962 | 5,361 | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 5,681 | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 5,139 | -9.5% |
| 1965 | 5,499 | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 5,361 | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 5,555 | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 5,336 | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 5,671 | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 5,564 | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 5,428 | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 5,136 | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 5,238 | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 5,568 | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 5,084 | -8.7% |
| 1976 | 5,384 | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 5,104 | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 5,023 | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 4,871 | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 5,609 | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 5,660 | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 5,010 | -11.5% |
| 1983 | 5,179 | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 5,648 | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 5,462 | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 5,529 | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 5,109 | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 5,273 | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 4,658 | -11.7% |
| 1990 | 4,746 | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 5,138 | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 4,981 | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 5,096 | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 4,772 | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 5,214 | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 5,318 | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 4,977 | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 4,430 | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 4,799 | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 5,110 | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 5,017 | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 4,843 | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 4,826 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 4,618 | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 5,297 | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 4,720 | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 4,605 | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 4,819 | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 4,678 | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 5,227 | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 5,218 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 5,336 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 5,130 | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 4,653 | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 4,436 | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 4,572 | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 4,832 | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 4,992 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 4,531 | -9.2% |
| 2020 | 4,620 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 4,524 | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 4,826 | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 4,437 | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 4,260 | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,379 | 5,075 | 5,681 | 10 |
| 1970s | 5,240 | 4,871 | 5,568 | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,314 | 4,658 | 5,660 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,947 | 4,430 | 5,318 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,853 | 4,605 | 5,297 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,893 | 4,436 | 5,336 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,533 | 4,260 | 4,826 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Korea
More environment data for Korea
- Cooling Degree Days, annual growth rate 17.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per capita 0.0001 units per person (2024)
- Heating Degree Days 4,260 (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 1,564 (2024)
- Total fisheries production 3.56 million metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 1.27 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 2.28 million metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 1.25 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 1.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is heating degree days, gaps filled in Korea?
- Heating degree days, gaps filled in Korea was 4,260 in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 5,681 in 1963.
- What is the lowest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,260 in 2024.
- How does Korea rank for heating degree days, gaps filled?
- Korea ranks 54th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is heating degree days, gaps filled rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Heating Degree Days, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Heating Degree Days World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.