North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2019

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2019?

North Korea emitted 52.76 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019. This represents 0.14% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North Korea in 2019?

In 2019, North Korea emitted 2.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 25755442.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 52.76 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2019 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 3.18 0.12
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 47.45 1.84
Cement 2.14 0.08
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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