Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current) … square in South Korea
South Korea: Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current) … square was 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$), per in South Korea, 1990–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
South Korea recorded 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per in 2021. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is up 12.1% on the previous year and up 74.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per in South Korea peaked at 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8,970 current US$ per square kilometre, in 1998.
That places South Korea 4th out of 178 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current) … square in South Korea, year by year
| Year | current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10,227 current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 10,875 current US$ per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 10,941 current US$ per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 11,077 current US$ per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 12,120 current US$ per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 13,740 current US$ per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 1996 | 14,133 current US$ per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 12,891 current US$ per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 8,970 current US$ per square kilometre | -30.4% |
| 1999 | 10,554 current US$ per square kilometre | +17.7% |
| 2000 | 11,158 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 9,997 current US$ per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 10,870 current US$ per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 11,629 current US$ per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 12,823 current US$ per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 14,408 current US$ per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 15,540 current US$ per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 16,794 current US$ per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 14,608 current US$ per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 13,250 current US$ per square kilometre | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 15,055 current US$ per square kilometre | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 16,228 current US$ per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 16,864 current US$ per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 18,424 current US$ per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 20,106 current US$ per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 19,777 current US$ per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 19,528 current US$ per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 21,447 current US$ per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 23,501 current US$ per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 23,725 current US$ per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 25,206 current US$ per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre | +12.1% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,253 current US$ per square kilometre, 12.5× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,871 current US$ per square kilometre, 15.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current) … square 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -30.4% | 12,891 current US$ per square kilometre | 8,970 current US$ per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,553 current US$ per square kilometre | 8,970 current US$ per square kilometre | 14,133 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,108 current US$ per square kilometre | 9,997 current US$ per square kilometre | 16,794 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,465 current US$ per square kilometre | 15,055 current US$ per square kilometre | 23,725 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,735 current US$ per square kilometre | 25,206 current US$ per square kilometre | 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre | 2 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 1 Singapore 380,389 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 2 Bahrain 94,533 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 3 Barbados 33,431 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 5 Guam 26,439 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 6 United States Virgin Islands 22,281 current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 7 Malta 22,214 current US$ per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for South Korea
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0085 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 307.17 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0062 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 224.29 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0047 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 168.75 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -0.4147 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per in South Korea?
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per in South Korea was 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 28,264 current US$ per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,970 current US$ per square kilometre in 1998.
- How does South Korea rank for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per?
- South Korea ranks 4th out of 178 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.