North Korea vs South Korea: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Rice Cultivation
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Rice Cultivation over time
- North Korea
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 150.69 against 138.41 in North Korea, a difference of 12.28.
That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times North Korea's.
Across all 61 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.
North Korea ranks 22nd and South Korea ranks 21st of 118 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85.06 | 249.25 | 164.18 | South Korea |
| 1970s | 106.5 | 254.02 | 147.52 | South Korea |
| 1980s | 115.01 | 259.48 | 144.47 | South Korea |
| 1990s | 104.78 | 233.75 | 128.98 | South Korea |
| 2000s | 102.31 | 209.4 | 107.09 | South Korea |
| 2010s | 91.2 | 168.91 | 77.72 | South Korea |
| 2030s | 124.72 | 186.39 | 61.68 | South Korea |
| 2050s | 138.41 | 150.69 | 12.28 | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher emission totals - emissions (ch4) - rice cultivation, North Korea or South Korea?
- South Korea, at 150.69 against 138.41 in North Korea as of 2050.
- What is the difference in emission totals - emissions (ch4) - rice cultivation between North Korea and South Korea?
- 12.28, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and South Korea?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.
- How do North Korea and South Korea rank globally for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - rice cultivation?
- North Korea ranks 22nd and South Korea ranks 21st of 118 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Rice Cultivation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).