Share of primary energy from gas in South Korea
South Korea: Share of primary energy from gas was 17.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary energy from gas in South Korea, 1986–2025
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary energy from gas in South Korea is 17.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary energy from gas in South Korea peaked at 17.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1986.
That places South Korea 55th out of 77 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Share of primary energy from gas in South Korea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 0.1% | — |
| 1987 | 2.8% | +2689.4% |
| 1988 | 3.3% | +15.2% |
| 1989 | 2.9% | -10.9% |
| 1990 | 2.9% | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 3.0% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 3.5% | +16.4% |
| 1993 | 4.0% | +14.1% |
| 1994 | 4.9% | +22.9% |
| 1995 | 5.4% | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 6.5% | +19.6% |
| 1997 | 7.2% | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 7.3% | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 8.2% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 8.7% | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 9.3% | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 9.9% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 10.1% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 11.5% | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 11.9% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 12.5% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 13.1% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 12.3% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 14.5% | +17.7% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 15.0% | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 13.6% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 14.1% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 16.0% | +13.9% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 16.6% | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 17.2% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 16.6% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 17.3% | +4.4% |
| 2025 | 17.5% | +0.9% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 17.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 24.7%, 71% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 17.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16.3%, 1.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of primary energy from gas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +2689.4% | 0.1% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.3% | 0.1% | 3.3% | 4 |
| 1990s | 5.3% | 2.9% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.2% | 8.7% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 13.5% | 16.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.0% | 16.6% | 17.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
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)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (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)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 25.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary energy from gas in South Korea?
- Share of primary energy from gas in South Korea was 17.5% in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary energy from gas recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of primary energy from gas recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1986.
- How does South Korea rank for share of primary energy from gas?
- South Korea ranks 55th out of 77 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary energy from gas rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary energy from gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.