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title: "CO₂ emissions per person: North Korea data | Save North Korea"
description: "CO₂ emissions per person: Tonnes of carbon dioxide from fuel and industry, per person. A rough measure of how much industry runs. Interactive chart, table and CSV download, with source and date."
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# CO₂ emissions per person

### CO₂ emissions per person

Tonnes of carbon dioxide from fuel and industry, per person. A rough measure of how much industry runs.

**Source:** [Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024), via Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita) (CC BY 4.0)  ·  Data downloaded 2026-10-05, source updated 2025-11-13

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## About this data

Latest

North Korea: 2.36 tonnes (2024)

License

CC BY 4.0

How to cite

Save North Korea (2026). “CO₂ emissions per person”. Data from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024), via Our World in Data. https://savenorthkorea.org/data/co2-per-person

[ CSV](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ahmet-Dedeler/free-north-korea/main/data/series/csv/co2-per-person.csv)[ All data on GitHub](https://github.com/Ahmet-Dedeler/free-north-korea/blob/main/data/series/csv/co2-per-person.csv)

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**Source:** [Ember (2026) and other sources, via Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-electricity-generation) (CC BY 4.0)  ·  Data downloaded 2026-10-05, source updated 2026-06-30

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All energy used in a year (power, heat, transport), divided by the population.

**Source:** [Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources, via Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use) (CC BY 4.0)  ·  Data downloaded 2026-10-05, source updated 2026-06-30

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