North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2008?

North Korea emitted 70.33 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.22% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North Korea in 2008?

In 2008, North Korea emitted 2.87 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 24469050.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 70.33 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2.69	0.11
Gas	0.0	0.0
Coal	65.19	2.66
Cement	2.45	0.1
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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