Australia vs North Korea: CO₂ per person

CO₂ per person in 2024: 14.1 tonnes in Australia and 2.5 tonnes in North Korea, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Australia, by 11.6 tonnes, or 5.64 times that in North Korea.

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
In 2024, Australia ranked 11 and North Korea ranked 105 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Australia	North Korea	World
2024	14.1	2.5	4.69
2023	14.16	2.49	4.68
2022	14.53	2.27	4.67
2021	14.98	2.18	4.69
2020	15.3	2.64	4.48
2019	16.1	2.82	4.7
2018	16.39	2.56	4.74
2017	16.72	2.85	4.67
2016	16.89	1.4	4.65
2015	16.82	1.28	4.7
2014	16.89	1.64	4.78
2013	17.54	1.5	4.81
2012	18.18	1.94	4.77
2011	18.48	2.03	4.76
2010	18.85	2.76	4.67
2009	18.92	2.88	4.45
2008	19.03	3.01	4.56
2007	19.24	2.76	4.59
2006	19.08	3.31	4.48
2005	19.04	3.27	4.39
2004	19.16	3.16	4.28
2003	18.67	3.11	4.15
2002	18.91	3.07	4.02
2001	18.7	3.22	4.01
2000	18.6	3.12	4.01
1999	18.51	2.92	3.95
1998	18.39	2.7	3.98
1997	17.5	3.32	4.02
1996	17.16	3.45	4.01
1995	16.81	3.93	3.99
1994	16.42	4.25	3.94
1993	16.28	4.71	3.97
1992	16.2	5.16	4.02
1991	16.18	5.92	4.1
1990	16.27	6.25	4.15
1989	16.31	6.62	4.16
1988	15.63	6.66	4.16
1987	15.35	6.6	4.1
1986	14.88	6.95	4.04
1985	15.07	7.14	4.05
1984	14.37	7.02	4.07
1983	14.17	6.88	4.01
1982	15.12	6.74	4.05
1981	14.96	6.54	4.18
1980	15.13	6.46	4.33
1979	14.62	6.23	4.46
1978	14.37	5.85	4.42
1977	14.8	5.62	4.36
1976	14.02	5.4	4.31
1975	13.96	5.18	4.15
1974	13.64	5.05	4.23
1973	13.28	4.96	4.32
1972	12.77	4.96	4.16
1971	12.56	4.9	4.04
1970	12.85	5.01	4.15

Each country on its own

Good to know

Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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