Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in South Korea
South Korea: Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 kilowatt-hours per person
World rank
99th
of 219 countries
All-time high
128.36 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2010
All-time low
0 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in South Korea, 1900–2024
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.
Analysis
South Korea recorded 0 kilowatt-hours per person for fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 125 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in South Korea peaked at 128.36 kilowatt-hours per person in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours per person, in 1900.
South Korea ranks 99th of 219 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 per person, by fuel in South Korea, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1901 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1902 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1903 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1904 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1905 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1906 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1907 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1908 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1909 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1910 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1911 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1912 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1913 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1914 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1915 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1916 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1917 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1918 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1919 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1920 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1921 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1922 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1923 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1924 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1925 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1926 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1927 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1928 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1929 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1930 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1931 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1932 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1933 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1934 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1935 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1936 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1937 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1938 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1939 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1940 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1941 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1942 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1943 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1944 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1945 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1946 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1947 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1948 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1949 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1950 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1951 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1952 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1953 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1954 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1955 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1956 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1957 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1958 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1959 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1960 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1961 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1962 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1963 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1964 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1965 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1966 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1967 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1968 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1969 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1970 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1971 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1972 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1973 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1974 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1975 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1976 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1977 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1978 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1979 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1980 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1981 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1982 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1983 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1984 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1985 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1986 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1987 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1988 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1989 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1990 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1991 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1992 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1993 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1994 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1995 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1996 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1997 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1998 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1999 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2000 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2001 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2002 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2003 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2004 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2005 | 119.08 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2006 | 105.76 kilowatt-hours per person | -11.2% |
| 2007 | 85.17 kilowatt-hours per person | -19.5% |
| 2008 | 52.02 kilowatt-hours per person | -38.9% |
| 2009 | 119.41 kilowatt-hours per person | +129.6% |
| 2010 | 128.36 kilowatt-hours per person | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 106.86 kilowatt-hours per person | -16.8% |
| 2012 | 101.94 kilowatt-hours per person | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 107.22 kilowatt-hours per person | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 73.82 kilowatt-hours per person | -31.1% |
| 2015 | 42.73 kilowatt-hours per person | -42.1% |
| 2016 | 34.77 kilowatt-hours per person | -18.6% |
| 2017 | 76.63 kilowatt-hours per person | +120.4% |
| 2018 | 68.48 kilowatt-hours per person | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 57.92 kilowatt-hours per person | -15.4% |
| 2020 | 41.3 kilowatt-hours per person | -28.7% |
| 2021 | 12.28 kilowatt-hours per person | -70.3% |
| 2022 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2024 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fossil fuel production per person, 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 | +129.6% | 52.02 kilowatt-hours per person | 119.41 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 2017 | +120.4% | 34.77 kilowatt-hours per person | 76.63 kilowatt-hours per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.14 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 119.41 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.87 kilowatt-hours per person | 34.77 kilowatt-hours per person | 128.36 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.72 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 41.3 kilowatt-hours per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 96 Greece 3.01 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 97 Yemen 2.87 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 98 France 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 99 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Armenia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 99 Botswana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Cambodia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Dominican Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 99 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Eswatini 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Finland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Guadeloupe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Laos 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Luxembourg 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Martinique 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 99 Mongolia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Montenegro 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 North Korea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 North Macedonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Panama 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Puerto Rico 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 99 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Zambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 99 Zimbabwe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
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 per person, by fuel in South Korea?
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in South Korea was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fossil fuel production per person, by fuel recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 128.36 kilowatt-hours per person in 2010.
- What is the lowest fossil fuel production per person, by fuel recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 1900.
- How does South Korea rank for fossil fuel production per person, by fuel?
- South Korea ranks 99th out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fossil fuel production per person, 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) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.