Fossil fuel production by fuel in South Korea
South Korea: Fossil fuel production by fuel was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
99th
of 220 countries
All-time high
6.26 terawatt-hours
in 2010
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Fossil fuel production by fuel in South Korea, 1900–2024
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fossil fuel production by fuel in South Korea is 0 terawatt-hours, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 125 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fossil fuel production by fuel in South Korea peaked at 6.26 terawatt-hours in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1900.
South Korea ranks 99th of 220 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fossil fuel production by fuel in South Korea, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1901 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1902 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1903 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1904 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1905 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1906 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1907 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1908 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1909 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1910 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1911 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1912 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1913 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1914 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1915 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1916 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1917 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1918 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1919 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1920 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1921 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1922 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1923 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1924 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1925 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1926 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1927 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1928 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1929 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1930 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1931 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1932 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1933 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1934 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1935 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1936 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1937 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1938 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1939 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1940 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1941 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1942 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1943 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1944 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1945 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1946 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1947 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1948 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1949 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1950 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1951 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1952 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1953 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1954 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1955 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1956 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1957 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1958 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1959 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1960 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1961 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1962 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1963 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1964 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1965 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1967 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1968 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1969 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1971 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1972 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1973 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1974 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1975 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1976 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1977 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1978 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1979 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1981 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1982 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1983 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1984 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1985 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1986 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1987 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1988 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1989 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1992 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1994 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1995 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1996 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1997 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1998 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1999 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2005 | 5.7 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2006 | 5.08 terawatt-hours | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 4.1 terawatt-hours | -19.2% |
| 2008 | 2.52 terawatt-hours | -38.7% |
| 2009 | 5.8 terawatt-hours | +130.5% |
| 2010 | 6.26 terawatt-hours | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 5.25 terawatt-hours | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 5.06 terawatt-hours | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 5.37 terawatt-hours | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 3.73 terawatt-hours | -30.5% |
| 2015 | 2.18 terawatt-hours | -41.6% |
| 2016 | 1.78 terawatt-hours | -18.1% |
| 2017 | 3.95 terawatt-hours | +121.2% |
| 2018 | 3.54 terawatt-hours | -10.4% |
| 2019 | 3 terawatt-hours | -15.2% |
| 2020 | 2.14 terawatt-hours | -28.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6367 terawatt-hours | -70.3% |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fossil fuel production by fuel in South Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +130.5% | 2.52 terawatt-hours | 5.8 terawatt-hours |
| 2017 | +121.2% | 1.78 terawatt-hours | 3.95 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.32 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5.8 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.01 terawatt-hours | 1.78 terawatt-hours | 6.26 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5557 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 2.14 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 96 Barbados 0.0404 terawatt-hours compare
- 97 Slovenia 0.037 terawatt-hours compare
- 98 Greece 0.0303 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Ethiopia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Finland 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Micronesia (country) 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Switzerland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for South Korea
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 25.7% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 6.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fossil fuel production by fuel in South Korea?
- Fossil fuel production by fuel in South Korea was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fossil fuel production by fuel recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 6.26 terawatt-hours in 2010.
- What is the lowest fossil fuel production by fuel recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1900.
- How does South Korea rank for fossil fuel production by fuel?
- South Korea ranks 99th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fossil fuel production by fuel rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fossil fuel production by fuel. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours. Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.