North Korea: Greenhouse gas emissions
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North Korea |
Greenhouse gas emissions |
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Latest value | 76,080 |
Year | 2020 |
Measure | kt of CO2 equivalent |
Data availability | 1990 - 2020 |
Average | 87,462 |
Min - Max | 47,460 - 154,777 |
Source | World bank |
The latest value from 2020 is 76080 kt of CO2 equivalent, a decline from 79306 kt of CO2 equivalent in 2019. In comparison, the world average is 241624 kt of CO2 equivalent, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for North Korea from 1990 to 2020 is 87462 kt of CO2 equivalent. The minimum value, 47460 kt of CO2 equivalent, was reached in 2015 while the maximum of 154777 kt of CO2 equivalent was recorded in 1990.
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Definition: 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 savanna 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).
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