North Korea CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North Korea emit in 2021?

North Korea emitted 51.34 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 0.14% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North Korea in 2021?

In 2021, North Korea emitted 1.98 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 25971910.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 51.34 million tonnes emitted by North Korea in 2021 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 45.88 1.77
Cement 2.27 0.09
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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