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North Korea
The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.
In 2024, 2.4 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.
Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 51%.
63% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).
Forests cover 49.6% of the land (2023).
From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 302,636 hectares: 5.8% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.
All indicators
Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.
| Indicator | Latest value | In 10 years | World | Since 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | ||||
| CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year | 2.362024 | +0.80 | 4.73 | |
| Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂) | 3.392024 | +0.45 | 6.67 | |
| Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person | 0.722024 | −0.24 | 1.16 | |
| CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year | 0.382024 | −0.11 | 0.56 | |
| Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 1750 | 0.302024 | −0.03 | 100.00 | |
| CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced | 1.3902022 | +0.316 | 0.288 | |
| CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year | 5192024 | +189 | — | |
| Energy | ||||
| Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year | 6,9842023 | +1,470 | 21,286 | |
| Electricity | ||||
| Renewable share of electricity% | 63.42024 | +3.4 | 31.9 | |
| Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)% | 63.42024 | +3.4 | 40.9 | |
| Solar share of electricity% | 0.62024 | +0.6 | 6.9 | |
| Wind share of electricity% | 0.02024 | 0.0 | 8.1 | |
| Coal share of electricity% | 34.12024 | −3.2 | 34.1 | |
| Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity | 3412024 | −30 | 471 | |
| Green | ||||
| Forest cover% of land covered by forest | 49.62023 | −1.7 | — | |
Trees and forests
Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.
On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 24.5 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 3.5 through logging and fires.
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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data