North Korea
CO₂ per person in North Korea
CO₂ per person in North Korea: 5.01 tonnes in 1970 and 2.5 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 2.5 tonnes
- Since 1970
- −2.51 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 105 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.14 tonnes in 1985, the lowest 1.28 tonnes in 2015.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.49 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 2.27 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 2.18 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 2.64 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 2.82 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.56 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 2.85 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.4 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.28 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.64 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.5 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.94 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 2.03 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 2.76 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 2.88 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 3.01 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.76 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 3.31 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 3.27 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 3.16 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3.11 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 3.07 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 3.22 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 3.12 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 2.92 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 2.7 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 3.32 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 3.45 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 3.93 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 4.25 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 4.71 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 5.16 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 5.92 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 6.25 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 6.62 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 6.66 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 6.6 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 6.95 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 7.14 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 7.02 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 6.88 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 6.74 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 6.54 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 6.46 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 6.23 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 5.85 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 5.62 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 5.4 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 5.18 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 5.05 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 4.96 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 4.96 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 4.9 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 5.01 | 4.15 |
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
North Korea in numbers
Every measure for North Korea on one page