South Korea vs Malawi: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

South Korea

0.2647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Malawi

0.2573 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

South Korea rank

111th

Malawi rank

113th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

South Korea
Malawi

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 0.2647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.2573 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0074 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Malawi ahead.

South Korea ranks 111th and Malawi ranks 113th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Unit: tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source: Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 201 places, 34,339 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.