South Korea vs. North Korea
Environment
| South Korea | North Korea |
Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 24.57 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 620.3 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 30.28 megatons (2020 est.) | particulate matter emissions: 30.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
carbon dioxide emissions: 28.28 megatons (2016 est.)
methane emissions: 18.68 megatons (2020 est.) |
Total water withdrawal | municipal: 6.672 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 4.45 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 15.96 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) | municipal: 902.8 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
industrial: 1.145 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
agricultural: 6.61 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook