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Carbon intensity of electricity — North Korea

Carbon intensity of electricity in North Korea in 2024 — 341 g/kWh. Ranked 74 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 21.7%.

2024 341 g/kWh −1.61% vs 2023
World rank 74of 195
Period maximum 487 g/kWh2019
Period minimum 341 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — North Korea, 2000–20243003504004505002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 435 g/kWh2001: 434 g/kWh2002: 422 g/kWh2003: 405 g/kWh2004: 396 g/kWh2005: 394 g/kWh2006: 406 g/kWh2007: 355 g/kWh2008: 365 g/kWh2009: 433 g/kWh2010: 404 g/kWh2011: 347 g/kWh2012: 348 g/kWh2013: 347 g/kWh2014: 371 g/kWh2015: 433 g/kWh2016: 426 g/kWh2017: 453 g/kWh2018: 446 g/kWh2019: 487 g/kWh2020: 424 g/kWh2021: 343 g/kWh2022: 344 g/kWh2023: 346 g/kWh2024: 341 g/kWh
Change over the period: −94 (−21.65%) Average annual rate: -1.01 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea

North Korea 341 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
East Asia & Pacific computed 546 g/kWh
Eastern Asia computed 545 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 341 −6 −1.61%
2023 346 +2 +0.56%
2022 344 +2 +0.49%
2021 343 −82 −19.3%
2020 424 −62 −12.77%
2019 487 +40 +9.05%
2018 446 −7 −1.46%
2017 453 +27 +6.33%
2016 426 −7 −1.69%
2015 433 +62 +16.75%
2014 371 +24 +6.84%
2013 347 −1 −0.3%
2012 348 +1 +0.41%
2011 347 −57 −14.2%
2010 404 −29 −6.59%
2009 433 +68 +18.55%
2008 365 +10 +2.76%
2007 355 −50 −12.41%
2006 406 +12 +2.97%
2005 394 −2 −0.44%
2004 396 −9 −2.22%
2003 405 −17 −4.14%
2002 422 −11 −2.62%
2001 434 −1 −0.27%
2000 435 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

KP North Korea 341 KR South Korea 416 MO Macao 474 JP Japan 484 CN China 556 TW Taiwan 636 HK Hong Kong 675 MN Mongolia 817
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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