North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2017?
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North Korea emitted 51.74 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
This represents 0.14% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of North Korea in 2017?
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In 2017, North Korea emitted 2.03 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 25516318.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 51.74 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
2.93 |
0.11 |
| Gas |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Coal |
46.2 |
1.81 |
| Cement |
2.61 |
0.1 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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