North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2020?
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North Korea emitted 49.81 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
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 2020?
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In 2020, North Korea emitted 1.93 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 25867474.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 49.81 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
3.05 |
0.12 |
| Gas |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Coal |
44.59 |
1.72 |
| Cement |
2.17 |
0.08 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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