North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2018?

North Korea emitted 47.63 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.13% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North Korea in 2018?

In 2018, North Korea emitted 1.86 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 25638152.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 47.63 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2.91	0.11
Gas	0.0	0.0
Coal	42.5	1.66
Cement	2.23	0.09
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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