North Korea vs Thailand: How have things changed?, per capita

North Korea
0.0337 metric tons per person
in 2024
Thailand
0.037 metric tons per person
in 2024
North Korea rank
48th
Thailand rank
45th

How have things changed?, per capita over time

  • North Korea
  • Thailand
0.020.040.060.080.1196519942024

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 0.037 metric tons per person against 0.0337 metric tons per person in North Korea, a difference of 0.0033 metric tons per person.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times North Korea's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 48th and Thailand ranks 45th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 3 and Thailand in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade North Korea Thailand Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0326 metric tons per person 0.0276 metric tons per person 0.005 metric tons per person North Korea
1970s 0.0452 metric tons per person 0.0429 metric tons per person 0.0023 metric tons per person North Korea
1980s 0.081 metric tons per person 0.0465 metric tons per person 0.0345 metric tons per person North Korea
1990s 0.0501 metric tons per person 0.0575 metric tons per person 0.0074 metric tons per person Thailand
2000s 0.0292 metric tons per person 0.0576 metric tons per person 0.0283 metric tons per person Thailand
2010s 0.031 metric tons per person 0.0386 metric tons per person 0.0076 metric tons per person Thailand
2020s 0.0339 metric tons per person 0.0353 metric tons per person 0.0014 metric tons per person Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how have things changed?, per capita, North Korea or Thailand?
Thailand, at 0.037 metric tons per person against 0.0337 metric tons per person in North Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in how have things changed?, per capita between North Korea and Thailand?
0.0033 metric tons per person, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Thailand?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do North Korea and Thailand rank globally for how have things changed?, per capita?
North Korea ranks 48th and Thailand ranks 45th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as How have things changed?, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
How have things changed?, per capita
Unit
metric tons per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 11,930 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed

How have things changed? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.