North Korea vs Portugal: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita

North Korea
0.377 tonnes per person
in 2024
Portugal
0.3951 tonnes per person
in 2024
North Korea rank
67th
Portugal rank
65th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time

  • North Korea
  • Portugal
-1012185019372024

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.3951 tonnes per person against 0.377 tonnes per person in North Korea, a difference of 0.0181 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 67th and Portugal ranks 65th of 194 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 13 and Portugal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade North Korea Portugal Difference Ahead
1850s 0.601 tonnes per person 0.5908 tonnes per person 0.0102 tonnes per person North Korea
1860s 0.4966 tonnes per person 0.8678 tonnes per person 0.3712 tonnes per person Portugal
1870s 0.4352 tonnes per person 0.9721 tonnes per person 0.537 tonnes per person Portugal
1880s 0.4135 tonnes per person 1.09 tonnes per person 0.6815 tonnes per person Portugal
1890s 0.3991 tonnes per person 0.9028 tonnes per person 0.5037 tonnes per person Portugal
1900s 0.4376 tonnes per person 0.9587 tonnes per person 0.5211 tonnes per person Portugal
1910s 1.91 tonnes per person 0.531 tonnes per person 1.38 tonnes per person North Korea
1920s 2.19 tonnes per person 0.8319 tonnes per person 1.36 tonnes per person North Korea
1930s 2.01 tonnes per person 1.16 tonnes per person 0.8462 tonnes per person North Korea
1940s 1.75 tonnes per person 0.8861 tonnes per person 0.8616 tonnes per person North Korea
1950s 1 tonnes per person 0.4659 tonnes per person 0.5375 tonnes per person North Korea
1960s 0.6184 tonnes per person 0.2016 tonnes per person 0.4167 tonnes per person North Korea
1970s 0.7047 tonnes per person 0.2226 tonnes per person 0.4821 tonnes per person North Korea
1980s 0.6181 tonnes per person 0.1906 tonnes per person 0.4275 tonnes per person North Korea
1990s 0.6129 tonnes per person -0.325 tonnes per person 0.9379 tonnes per person North Korea
2000s 0.6863 tonnes per person -0.6606 tonnes per person 1.35 tonnes per person North Korea
2010s 0.4946 tonnes per person -0.1442 tonnes per person 0.6388 tonnes per person North Korea
2020s 0.3867 tonnes per person 0.2651 tonnes per person 0.1216 tonnes per person North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, North Korea or Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.3951 tonnes per person against 0.377 tonnes per person in North Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between North Korea and Portugal?
0.0181 tonnes per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Portugal?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do North Korea and Portugal rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
North Korea ranks 67th and Portugal ranks 65th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 33,660 data points, 1850–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.