North Korea Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions 1990-2024
Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and Savannah burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).
- North Korea greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2020 was 76,079.91, a 4.07% decline from 2019.
- North Korea greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2019 was 79,306.40, a 6.89% increase from 2018.
- North Korea greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2018 was 74,192.73, a 4.76% decline from 2017.
- North Korea greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2017 was 77,903.97, a 52.82% increase from 2016.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Ethiopia |
167,300.02 |
| Chad |
89,558.46 |
| Tanzania |
89,255.45 |
| North Korea |
76,079.91 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
56,120.41 |
| South Sudan |
56,051.36 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
47,112.47 |
| Nepal |
45,868.56 |
| Niger |
44,795.83 |
| Mali |
43,491.51 |
| Uganda |
39,280.05 |
| Mozambique |
33,749.37 |
| Burkina Faso |
32,262.82 |
| Afghanistan |
31,119.05 |
| Madagascar |
30,566.43 |
| Senegal |
30,293.28 |
| Guinea |
29,745.69 |
| Somalia |
26,272.10 |
| Zimbabwe |
25,988.13 |
| Yemen |
24,391.15 |
| Central African Republic |
21,016.38 |
| Tajikistan |
17,692.29 |
| Benin |
16,190.53 |
| Malawi |
11,982.43 |
| Haiti |
10,267.23 |
| Togo |
8,395.49 |
| Rwanda |
6,329.92 |
| Eritrea |
6,242.49 |
| Sierra Leone |
5,952.47 |
| Burundi |
4,102.68 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2,546.52 |
| Gambia |
2,453.33 |
| Liberia |
2,155.39 |
| Comoros |
619.95 |
| North Korea Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions - Historical Data |
| Year |
kt of CO2 equivalent |
Annual % Change |
| 2020 |
76,079.91 |
-4.07% |
| 2019 |
79,306.40 |
6.89% |
| 2018 |
74,192.73 |
-4.76% |
| 2017 |
77,903.97 |
52.82% |
| 2016 |
50,975.94 |
7.41% |
| 2015 |
47,459.54 |
-11.68% |
| 2014 |
53,733.96 |
7.29% |
| 2013 |
50,080.82 |
-17.70% |
| 2012 |
60,849.25 |
2.42% |
| 2011 |
59,412.86 |
-19.25% |
| 2010 |
73,580.62 |
-3.39% |
| 2009 |
76,160.39 |
-17.99% |
| 2008 |
92,865.68 |
9.55% |
| 2007 |
84,767.18 |
-13.17% |
| 2006 |
97,621.07 |
2.39% |
| 2005 |
95,342.68 |
3.95% |
| 2004 |
91,723.68 |
2.39% |
| 2003 |
89,585.91 |
1.94% |
| 2002 |
87,882.89 |
-2.74% |
| 2001 |
90,358.72 |
3.37% |
| 2000 |
87,411.19 |
3.83% |
| 1999 |
84,186.88 |
5.29% |
| 1998 |
79,953.99 |
-7.68% |
| 1997 |
86,609.65 |
-4.77% |
| 1996 |
90,944.85 |
-11.57% |
| 1995 |
102,843.17 |
-8.07% |
| 1994 |
111,868.52 |
-9.12% |
| 1993 |
123,097.63 |
-7.18% |
| 1992 |
132,622.95 |
-9.85% |
| 1991 |
147,115.63 |
-4.95% |
| 1990 |
154,776.87 |
-4.95% |
