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China CO2 Emissions

Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
13,124,727,993
tons
Year-over-Year
+0.79%
increase
Global Share
33.12%
Per Capita
9.13
tons per person

  • Fossil CO2 emissions in China were 13,124,727,993 tons in 2024.
  • CO2 emissions increased by 0.79% over the previous year, representing an increase by 103,486,014 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 13,021,241,979 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in China are equivalent to 9.13 tons per person, an increase by 0.06 over the figure of 9.08 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 0.6% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of China

Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) CO2 emissions change CO2 emissions per capita Share of World's CO2 emissions
2024 13,124,727,993 0.79% 9.13 33.12%
2023 13,021,241,979 4.01% 9.08 33.29%
2022 12,518,684,441 −0.26% 8.74 32.48%
2021 12,551,864,516 4.91% 8.79 32.84%
2020 11,964,128,536 1.28% 8.4 33.04%
2019 11,813,058,174 2.48% 8.32 31.08%
2018 11,527,511,684 4.8% 8.15 30.41%
2017 10,999,418,848 2.09% 7.8 29.71%
2016 10,773,725,841 0.22% 7.68 29.61%
2015 10,749,896,615 −1.21% 7.69 29.62%
2014 10,881,104,246 1.12% 7.83 29.90%
2013 10,760,430,002 4.77% 7.78 29.74%
2012 10,270,740,974 3.16% 7.47 28.94%
2011 9,955,748,166 9.33% 7.28 28.42%
2010 9,106,005,111 9.46% 6.7 26.81%
2009 8,319,163,825 7.31% 6.15 26.02%
2008 7,752,223,748 3.06% 5.77 23.92%
2007 7,522,003,234 8.65% 5.63 23.35%
2006 6,922,874,094 11.02% 5.21 22.30%
2005 6,235,685,203 13.45% 4.72 20.77%
2004 5,496,262,043 15.15% 4.18 19.00%
2003 4,773,108,177 15.49% 3.65 17.27%
2002 4,133,072,959 8.05% 3.18 15.65%
2001 3,825,057,890 4.86% 2.96 14.71%
2000 3,647,877,288 5.8% 2.84 14.20%
1999 3,447,770,927 −2.11% 2.7 13.82%
1998 3,522,033,398 2.46% 2.78 14.23%
1997 3,437,319,440 2.91% 2.73 13.97%
1996 3,340,256,514 −0.76% 2.67 13.83%
1995 3,365,775,036 10.46% 2.71 14.21%
1994 3,046,920,055 5.42% 2.48 13.22%
1993 2,890,181,384 8.26% 2.37 12.67%
1992 2,669,788,147 4.69% 2.22 11.75%
1991 2,550,198,475 5.63% 2.14 11.19%
1990 2,414,276,240 1.78% 2.06 10.65%
1989 2,372,091,084 3.42% 2.06 10.62%
1988 2,293,579,145 7.51% 2.02 10.45%
1987 2,133,274,824 6.95% 1.92 10.06%
1986 1,994,730,321 6.19% 1.83 9.71%
1985 1,878,471,978 1.07% 1.75 9.31%
1984 1,858,544,691 8.97% 1.76 9.33%
1983 1,705,597,060 5.23% 1.64 8.84%
1982 1,620,845,024 4.53% 1.59 8.46%
1981 1,550,623,925 −0.9% 1.54 7.99%
1980 1,564,736,772 −2.14% 1.57 7.91%
1979 1,598,873,431 2.43% 1.63 7.99%
1978 1,560,941,850 12.7% 1.62 8.01%
1977 1,385,042,924 12.41% 1.45 7.34%
1976 1,232,146,490 4.06% 1.31 6.73%
1975 1,184,119,403 14.66% 1.29 6.83%
1974 1,032,730,217 1.73% 1.14 5.94%
1973 1,015,182,287 4.08% 1.15 5.81%
1972 975,430,853 6.61% 1.13 5.92%
1971 914,940,398 0.38% 1.08 5.83%
1970 911,501,251 1.11 5.79%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).