TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Democratic People S Republic of Korea

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for Democratic People S Republic of Korea (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Democratic People S Republic of Korea . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1945 18 N/A 1946 20 N/A 1947 20 N/A 1948 383 N/A 1949 486 N/A 1950 213 0.02 1951 272 0.03 1952 243 0.03 1953 474 0.05 1954 1307 0.15 1955 2005 0.23 1956 2447 0.27 1957 3082 0.33 1958 4268 0.44 1959 5424 0.53 1960 6495 0.62 1961 7215 0.66 1962 8378 0.75 1963 8962 0.78 1964 9724 0.83 1965 12072 1 1966 12994 1.04 1967 14302 1.11 1968 16179 1.21 1969 17492 1.27 1970 20059 1.41 1971 29333 1.99 1972 24434 1.61 1973 26570 1.71 1974 27740 1.74 1975 29382 1.8 1976 30050 1.81 1977 31053 1.84 1978 32381 1.89 1979 32964 1.89 1980 34092 1.93 1981 34199 1.91 1982 34924 1.92 1983 37443 2.03 1984 40308 2.16 1985 43209 2.28 1986 46958 2.44 1987 52580 2.69 1988 60230 3.04 1989 63929 3.18 1990 66770 3.34 1991 68491 3.32 1992 69654 3.32 1993 71489 3.35 1994 70808 3.28 1995 70727 3.24 1996 70001 3.17 1997 64003 2.86 1998 17707 0.79 1999 19471 0.86 2000 20990 0.91 2001 21795 0.94 2002 20871 0.9 2003 21328 0.91 2004 21796 0.92 2005 22765 0.96 2006 23127 0.98 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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