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North Korea Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
91,251,815
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0.69%
increase
Global Share
0.17%
Per Capita
3.48
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in North Korea were 91,251,815 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 0.69% over the previous year, representing an increase by 629,351 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 90,622,464 tons.
  • Per capita: 3.48 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • North Korea accounts for 0.17% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 91,251,815 66,239,386 20,115,785 1,690,425 3,206,219 3.48 0.69% 0.17%
2023 90,622,464 65,658,792 20,268,761 1,691,002 3,003,908 3.46 7.16% 0.17%
2022 84,570,591 59,803,620 20,317,608 1,648,549 2,800,814 3.25 3.59% 0.16%
2021 81,636,018 57,290,630 20,059,294 1,686,808 2,599,286 3.15 −14.29% 0.16%
2020 95,250,677 69,045,008 22,053,942 1,759,389 2,392,338 3.69 −5.47% 0.19%
2019 100,757,964 73,411,127 22,947,191 2,208,115 2,191,532 3.92 8.95% 0.20%
2018 92,485,020 66,396,487 21,384,542 2,709,290 1,994,701 3.61 −9.01% 0.18%
2017 101,642,593 73,542,726 23,855,647 2,472,725 1,771,494 3.99 56.22% 0.21%
2016 65,063,158 36,027,057 25,348,722 2,098,266 1,589,114 2.56 9.55% 0.13%
2015 59,391,310 32,654,126 23,462,691 1,870,284 1,404,209 2.35 −13.97% 0.12%
2014 69,032,793 41,610,539 24,050,236 2,087,636 1,284,383 2.75 5.81% 0.14%
2013 65,239,711 37,908,409 23,893,491 2,216,783 1,221,027 2.61 −14.27% 0.14%
2012 76,098,716 49,021,690 23,597,900 2,314,842 1,164,284 3.06 −2.57% 0.16%
2011 78,107,744 50,811,543 23,872,430 2,277,487 1,146,284 3.16 −19.6% 0.17%
2010 97,143,789 69,042,618 24,550,535 2,406,516 1,144,120 3.95 −2.32% 0.21%
2009 99,454,710 71,671,175 24,319,861 2,312,204 1,151,470 4.07 −3.28% 0.23%
2008 102,823,939 74,478,636 24,781,480 2,559,073 1,004,750 4.23 7.99% 0.24%
2007 95,214,791 67,985,649 23,666,560 2,581,647 980,934 3.93 −14.22% 0.22%
2006 110,996,258 81,248,530 26,079,825 2,679,187 988,715 4.61 1.56% 0.26%
2005 109,289,022 79,737,425 25,814,720 2,631,137 1,105,740 4.57 4.61% 0.27%
2004 104,469,120 76,524,567 24,298,485 2,678,873 967,196 4.4 2.5% 0.26%
2003 101,920,877 74,982,052 23,524,948 2,558,832 855,045 4.33 2.16% 0.27%
2002 99,762,966 73,443,086 23,033,281 2,530,081 756,519 4.27 −3.6% 0.27%
2001 103,485,911 76,673,024 23,501,628 2,635,106 676,153 4.47 3.72% 0.29%
2000 99,770,334 73,806,333 22,844,665 2,530,607 588,728 4.35 6.85% 0.28%
1999 93,378,111 68,566,356 22,091,868 2,363,594 356,293 4.11 8.88% 0.27%
1998 85,762,471 62,868,572 20,431,542 2,184,926 277,431 3.81 −14.74% 0.25%
1997 100,591,016 76,671,966 21,508,774 2,192,626 217,651 4.5 −2.24% 0.29%
1996 102,895,934 79,057,980 21,809,490 1,856,438 172,027 4.65 −8.8% 0.30%
1995 112,820,242 89,100,934 21,495,259 2,132,195 91,854 5.16 −7.18% 0.34%
1994 121,547,855 95,190,123 22,789,916 3,494,676 73,139 5.63 −8.92% 0.37%
1993 133,446,978 104,007,020 23,926,495 5,460,879 52,584 6.28 −6.68% 0.41%
1992 142,994,445 112,244,286 25,025,570 5,680,684 43,906 6.83 −10.09% 0.44%
1991 159,042,147 126,915,607 26,228,449 5,859,551 38,540 7.72 −3.59% 0.49%
1990 164,959,614 131,964,513 27,000,331 5,965,563 29,207 8.13 −3.82% 0.51%
1989 171,513,844 137,686,410 27,869,554 5,942,188 15,693 8.58 0.17% 0.54%
1988 171,214,986 136,639,145 28,487,656 6,076,226 11,960 8.69 2.12% 0.55%
1987 167,662,219 133,246,449 28,712,217 5,693,054 10,499 8.63 −3.22% 0.55%
1986 173,245,647 138,367,594 29,189,906 5,677,286 10,862 9.04 −1.13% 0.58%
1985 175,233,084 140,048,767 29,393,749 5,788,479 2,090 9.28 3.32% 0.60%
1984 169,596,339 135,640,443 28,416,831 5,535,477 3,588 9.12 3.4% 0.59%
1983 164,023,702 131,053,540 27,573,118 5,393,681 3,362 8.96 3.5% 0.59%
1982 158,484,333 126,521,142 26,721,294 5,239,002 2,895 8.8 4.03% 0.57%
1981 152,340,318 120,978,493 26,206,268 5,151,611 3,946 8.59 2.91% 0.55%
1980 148,037,609 117,867,578 25,143,873 5,025,774 384 8.47 5% 0.52%
1979 140,988,746 111,970,614 24,128,394 4,889,739 0 8.18 7.29% 0.49%
1978 131,403,078 103,666,171 23,005,583 4,731,324 0 7.72 7.07% 0.47%
1977 122,723,574 98,336,130 20,248,877 4,138,567 0 7.31 5.74% 0.45%
1976 116,063,731 93,133,482 19,188,469 3,741,781 0 7.01 6.41% 0.44%
1975 109,073,052 87,853,215 18,219,494 3,000,343 0 6.7 4.09% 0.43%
1974 104,784,189 84,134,537 17,774,423 2,875,229 0 6.57 3.66% 0.41%
1973 101,081,854 81,032,196 17,288,911 2,760,748 0 6.48 2.28% 0.40%
1972 98,824,089 79,299,035 16,806,195 2,718,858 0 6.5 3.49% 0.41%
1971 95,490,567 76,324,400 16,489,482 2,676,685 0 6.45 0.72% 0.41%
1970 94,807,452 75,980,808 16,171,234 2,655,410 0 6.58 – 0.41%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).