North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: CO₂ per person

CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.5 tonnes in North Korea and 0.52 tonnes in Papua New Guinea, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in North Korea, by 1.98 tonnes, or 4.84 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

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What the numbers say

North Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
In 2024, North Korea ranked 105 and Papua New Guinea ranked 160 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	North Korea	Papua New Guinea	World
2024	2.5	0.52	4.69
2023	2.49	0.53	4.68
2022	2.27	0.54	4.67
2021	2.18	0.54	4.69
2020	2.64	0.56	4.48
2019	2.82	0.52	4.7
2018	2.56	0.52	4.74
2017	2.85	0.63	4.67
2016	1.4	0.74	4.65
2015	1.28	0.68	4.7
2014	1.64	0.65	4.78
2013	1.5	0.55	4.81
2012	1.94	0.53	4.77
2011	2.03	0.57	4.76
2010	2.76	0.55	4.67
2009	2.88	0.67	4.45
2008	3.01	0.71	4.56
2007	2.76	0.76	4.59
2006	3.31	0.79	4.48
2005	3.27	0.8	4.39
2004	3.16	0.76	4.28
2003	3.11	0.74	4.15
2002	3.07	0.69	4.02
2001	3.22	0.62	4.01
2000	3.12	0.53	4.01
1999	2.92	0.5	3.95
1998	2.7	0.64	3.98
1997	3.32	0.53	4.02
1996	3.45	0.52	4.01
1995	3.93	0.53	3.99
1994	4.25	0.56	3.94
1993	4.71	0.59	3.97
1992	5.16	0.6	4.02
1991	5.92	0.55	4.1
1990	6.25	0.55	4.15
1989	6.62	0.54	4.16
1988	6.66	0.55	4.16
1987	6.6	0.6	4.1
1986	6.95	0.48	4.04
1985	7.14	0.56	4.05
1984	7.02	0.52	4.07
1983	6.88	0.51	4.01
1982	6.74	0.52	4.05
1981	6.54	0.54	4.18
1980	6.46	0.56	4.33
1979	6.23	0.53	4.46
1978	5.85	0.5	4.42
1977	5.62	0.52	4.36
1976	5.4	0.5	4.31
1975	5.18	0.52	4.15
1974	5.05	0.65	4.23
1973	4.96	0.54	4.32
1972	4.96	0.46	4.16
1971	4.9	0.44	4.04
1970	5.01	0.45	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

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Deaths in conflictsNorth Korea: 0 deaths in 2022Papua New Guinea: 96 deaths in 2022