# CO₂ emissions per capita: North Korea

2.3604918 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 116 years from 1905 to 2024 are below.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/co2-per-capita) · [All countries and regions](/co2-per-capita).

## Every year

| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 2.3604918 |
| 2023 | 2.3478134 |
| 2022 | 2.13794 |
| 2021 | 2.0573611 |
| 2020 | 2.5090284 |
| 2019 | 2.6696818 |
| 2018 | 2.4144042 |
| 2017 | 2.700004 |
| 2016 | 1.3322432 |
| 2015 | 1.2229646 |
| 2014 | 1.5647378 |
| 2013 | 1.4269675 |
| 2012 | 1.8544798 |
| 2011 | 1.9072018 |
| 2010 | 2.61554 |
| 2009 | 2.7196412 |
| 2008 | 2.8397758 |
| 2007 | 2.5755522 |
| 2006 | 3.1058812 |
| 2005 | 3.0746338 |
| 2004 | 2.9570036 |
| 2003 | 2.9116497 |
| 2002 | 2.866764 |
| 2001 | 3.0093186 |
| 2000 | 2.9225605 |
| 1999 | 2.729789 |
| 1998 | 2.5201778 |
| 1997 | 2.7553675 |
| 1996 | 2.8953638 |
| 1995 | 3.3563206 |
| 1994 | 3.6431243 |
| 1993 | 4.058523 |
| 1992 | 4.504881 |
| 1991 | 5.264862 |
| 1990 | 5.6073246 |
| 1989 | 10.0581045 |
| 1988 | 9.717238 |
| 1987 | 8.691996 |
| 1986 | 7.8768735 |
| 1985 | 7.3539987 |
| 1984 | 6.9644494 |
| 1983 | 6.568851 |
| 1982 | 6.225103 |
| 1981 | 6.183273 |
| 1980 | 6.2556095 |
| 1979 | 6.131354 |
| 1978 | 6.101108 |
| 1977 | 6.497828 |
| 1976 | 6.381022 |
| 1975 | 6.341607 |
| 1974 | 6.094329 |
| 1973 | 5.952485 |
| 1972 | 5.6027875 |
| 1971 | 6.9001946 |
| 1970 | 4.8426414 |
| 1969 | 4.339179 |
| 1968 | 4.125757 |
| 1967 | 3.753455 |
| 1966 | 3.5079644 |
| 1965 | 3.3452508 |
| 1964 | 2.7632904 |
| 1963 | 2.6121104 |
| 1962 | 2.502461 |
| 1961 | 2.2039227 |
| 1960 | 2.0292194 |
| 1959 | 1.7345468 |
| 1958 | 1.4003375 |
| 1957 | 1.0399957 |
| 1956 | 0.84557307 |
| 1955 | 0.7060111 |
| 1954 | 0.4673354 |
| 1953 | 0.17052636 |
| 1952 | 0.08677485 |
| 1951 | 0.09410657 |
| 1950 | 0.07020336 |
| 1949 | 0.16256228 |
| 1948 | 0.13004649 |
| 1947 | 0.006847893 |
| 1946 | 0.006961755 |
| 1945 | 0.0063697207 |
| 1944 | 1.8004816 |
| 1943 | 1.7324554 |
| 1942 | 1.8174559 |
| 1941 | 1.673606 |
| 1940 | 1.5257845 |
| 1939 | 1.205877 |
| 1938 | 0.9392634 |
| 1937 | 0.71356505 |
| 1936 | 0.6780311 |
| 1935 | 0.5873123 |
| 1934 | 0.507634 |
| 1933 | 0.3880581 |
| 1932 | 0.3346219 |
| 1931 | 0.28866827 |
| 1930 | 0.27702 |
| 1929 | 0.2987877 |
| 1928 | 0.2643883 |
| 1927 | 0.23331033 |
| 1926 | 0.22886723 |
| 1925 | 0.21669117 |
| 1924 | 0.13810201 |
| 1923 | 0.13359688 |
| 1922 | 0.11359345 |
| 1921 | 0.11297185 |
| 1920 | 0.106683075 |
| 1919 | 0.0835481 |
| 1918 | 0.07174825 |
| 1916 | 0.07541412 |
| 1915 | 0.09243198 |
| 1914 | 0.07545866 |
| 1913 | 0.05376333 |
| 1912 | 0.047123868 |
| 1911 | 0.03830539 |
| 1910 | 0.032746077 |
| 1909 | 0.026342388 |
| 1905 | 0.0025008225 |

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