North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2016?

North Korea emitted 27.57 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 0.08% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North Korea in 2016?

In 2016, North Korea emitted 1.09 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 25389614.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 27.57 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	3.2	0.13
Gas	0.0	0.0
Coal	21.67	0.85
Cement	2.7	0.11
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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