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. β—† Volatile

Latest (2024)
0 kilowatt-hours per person
World rank
98th
of 218 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

050100150190019622024

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 98th of 218 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 95 Greece 3.01 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  2. 96 Yemen 2.87 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  3. 97 France 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  4. 98 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  5. 98 Armenia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  6. 98 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  7. 98 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  8. 98 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  9. 98 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  10. 98 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  11. 98 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  12. 98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  13. 98 Botswana 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  14. 98 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  15. 98 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  16. 98 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  17. 98 Cambodia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  18. 98 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  19. 98 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  20. 98 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  21. 98 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  22. 98 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  23. 98 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  24. 98 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  25. 98 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  26. 98 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  27. 98 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  28. 98 Dominican Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  29. 98 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  30. 98 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  31. 98 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  32. 98 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  33. 98 Eswatini 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  34. 98 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  35. 98 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  36. 98 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  37. 98 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  38. 98 Finland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  39. 98 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  40. 98 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  41. 98 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  42. 98 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  43. 98 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  44. 98 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  45. 98 Guadeloupe 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  46. 98 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  47. 98 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  48. 98 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  49. 98 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  50. 98 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  51. 98 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  52. 98 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  53. 98 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  54. 98 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  55. 98 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  56. 98 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  57. 98 Laos 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  58. 98 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  59. 98 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  60. 98 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  61. 98 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  62. 98 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  63. 98 Luxembourg 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  64. 98 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  65. 98 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  66. 98 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  67. 98 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  68. 98 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  69. 98 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  70. 98 Martinique 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  71. 98 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  72. 98 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  73. 98 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  74. 98 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  75. 98 Mongolia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  76. 98 Montenegro 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  77. 98 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  78. 98 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  79. 98 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  80. 98 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  81. 98 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  82. 98 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  83. 98 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  84. 98 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  85. 98 North Korea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  86. 98 North Macedonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  87. 98 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  88. 98 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  89. 98 Panama 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  90. 98 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  91. 98 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  92. 98 Puerto Rico 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  93. 98 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  94. 98 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  95. 98 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  96. 98 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  97. 98 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  98. 98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  99. 98 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  100. 98 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  101. 98 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  102. 98 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  103. 98 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  104. 98 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  105. 98 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  106. 98 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  107. 98 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  108. 98 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  109. 98 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  110. 98 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  111. 98 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  112. 98 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  113. 98 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  114. 98 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  115. 98 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  116. 98 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  117. 98 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  118. 98 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  119. 98 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  120. 98 Zambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  121. 98 Zimbabwe 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare

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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 98th out of 218 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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About this data

Indicator
Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 14,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.