North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2009?

North Korea emitted 53.46 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 0.17% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North Korea in 2009?

In 2009, North Korea emitted 2.17 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 24581508.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 53.46 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2.59	0.11
Gas	0.0	0.0
Coal	48.53	1.97
Cement	2.34	0.1
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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