Climate Change in Republic of Korea 92 indicators covering climate change for Republic of Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass 611.21 million t 2025 up 26.5% 59th Forestland — Area — FAO TIER 1 6,279 1000 ha 2025 down 0.9% 71st Forestland — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — FAO TIER 1 -47,069 kt 2025 up 14.5% 231st Net Forest conversion — Area — FAO TIER 1 3.8 1000 ha 2025 down 80.2% 76th Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) 1,214 kt 2025 down 73.4% 66th Carbon stock change in forests — Area — FAO TIER 1 6,283 1000 ha 2025 down 1.2% 71st Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest) -45,855 kt 2025 up 9.1% 232nd Cropland organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 111th Cropland organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 111th Cropland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 111th Grassland organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 112th Grassland organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 106th Grassland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 111th Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 113th Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 113th Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 113th Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 122nd Forest fires — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 122nd Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 122nd Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 122nd Other forest — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 103rd Other forest — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 103rd Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 103rd Other forest — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 103rd Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 153rd Savanna fires — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 153rd Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 152nd Savanna fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 149th Grassland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — FAO 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 147th Grassland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 147th Grassland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 146th Grassland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 140th Savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — FAO 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 131st Savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 131st Savanna — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 131st Savanna — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 123rd Woody savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 109th Woody savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 109th Woody savanna — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 109th Woody savanna — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 down 100.0% 103rd Savanna and woody savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned) 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 134th Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 down 100.0% 134th Humid tropical forest — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) 0 t 2024 — 79th Humid tropical forest — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 79th Humid tropical forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 79th Humid tropical forest — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 79th Closed shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0 t 2024 — 36th Closed shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 36th Closed shrubland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 36th Closed shrubland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 36th Open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0 t 2024 — 47th Open shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 47th Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 47th Open shrubland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 47th Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) 0 t 2024 — 6th Fires in organic soils — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 6th Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 6th Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 6th Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned) 0 t 2024 — 61st Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 61st Page 1 of 2 Next →