North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2012?

North Korea emitted 37.57 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.11% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North Korea in 2012?

In 2012, North Korea emitted 1.51 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 24887770.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 37.57 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2.53	0.1
Gas	0.0	0.0
Coal	32.6	1.31
Cement	2.43	0.1
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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