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China Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
15,536,121,683
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0.81%
increase
Global Share
29.2%
Per Capita
10.81
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in China were 15,536,121,683 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 0.81% over the previous year, representing an increase by 124,338,246 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 15,411,783,437 tons.
  • Per capita: 10.81 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • China accounts for 29.2% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 15,536,121,683 13,124,727,993 1,485,337,872 423,617,504 502,438,314 10.81 0.81% 29.20%
2023 15,411,783,437 13,021,241,979 1,488,750,355 420,185,508 481,605,595 10.74 3.73% 29.33%
2022 14,857,401,090 12,518,684,441 1,472,039,502 405,754,975 460,922,172 10.38 −0.06% 28.71%
2021 14,866,493,580 12,551,864,516 1,479,777,167 394,911,741 439,940,156 10.41 4.47% 29.04%
2020 14,230,229,554 11,964,128,536 1,459,414,944 387,186,713 419,499,361 9.99 1.26% 29.06%
2019 14,052,862,250 11,813,058,174 1,453,901,067 387,031,107 398,871,901 9.9 2.27% 27.65%
2018 13,740,929,920 11,527,511,684 1,456,288,348 378,074,522 379,055,365 9.71 4.41% 27.17%
2017 13,160,593,471 10,999,418,848 1,430,938,792 371,099,802 359,136,029 9.34 1.92% 26.60%
2016 12,913,087,022 10,773,725,841 1,415,089,565 386,313,522 337,958,093 9.2 −0.14% 26.54%
2015 12,931,041,648 10,749,896,615 1,458,098,314 401,107,717 321,939,002 9.26 −1.25% 26.69%
2014 13,095,197,441 10,881,104,246 1,454,187,593 393,416,949 366,488,653 9.42 1.13% 26.97%
2013 12,948,607,991 10,760,430,002 1,446,867,433 413,250,374 328,060,182 9.36 4.26% 26.87%
2012 12,419,566,978 10,270,740,974 1,440,694,881 409,602,083 298,529,040 9.03 3.01% 26.19%
2011 12,056,806,001 9,955,748,166 1,434,113,212 403,368,445 263,576,177 8.82 8.99% 25.76%
2010 11,062,044,557 9,106,005,111 1,342,170,084 383,327,032 230,542,330 8.14 8.48% 24.35%
2009 10,196,872,229 8,319,163,825 1,289,093,197 396,239,402 192,375,805 7.54 6.48% 23.61%
2008 9,576,295,871 7,752,223,748 1,266,843,523 401,494,978 155,733,622 7.12 2.35% 21.94%
2007 9,356,343,393 7,522,003,234 1,250,438,781 410,574,056 173,327,322 7 6.82% 21.58%
2006 8,759,338,885 6,922,874,094 1,231,948,007 410,804,748 193,712,036 6.59 9.84% 20.82%
2005 7,974,396,049 6,235,685,203 1,184,489,242 387,865,100 166,356,505 6.03 11.82% 19.49%
2004 7,131,534,270 5,496,262,043 1,140,147,399 374,469,861 120,654,967 5.43 13.33% 18.00%
2003 6,292,884,908 4,773,108,177 1,073,273,767 352,432,860 94,070,104 4.82 12.68% 16.53%
2002 5,584,831,120 4,133,072,959 1,036,325,792 347,405,653 68,026,717 4.3 6.28% 15.28%
2001 5,255,074,498 3,825,057,890 1,036,497,131 327,545,958 65,973,518 4.07 3.78% 14.56%
2000 5,063,892,200 3,647,877,288 1,035,801,682 329,813,475 50,399,756 3.95 4.4% 14.15%
1999 4,850,392,388 3,447,770,927 1,029,307,500 332,934,190 40,379,770 3.8 −0.98% 13.89%
1998 4,898,208,752 3,522,033,398 1,027,008,868 322,181,107 26,985,379 3.86 2.16% 14.12%
1997 4,794,633,004 3,437,319,440 1,023,096,332 312,420,647 21,796,586 3.81 0.5% 13.86%
1996 4,771,004,354 3,340,256,514 1,076,945,955 334,872,473 18,929,413 3.82 0.18% 13.96%
1995 4,762,328,292 3,365,775,036 1,061,106,090 319,630,676 15,816,489 3.84 9.36% 14.20%
1994 4,354,601,043 3,046,920,055 1,017,022,980 278,083,642 12,574,366 3.54 4.38% 13.31%
1993 4,171,735,790 2,890,181,384 1,004,323,538 267,642,632 9,588,236 3.43 5.21% 12.89%
1992 3,965,076,826 2,669,788,147 1,016,832,672 271,775,137 6,680,871 3.29 3.11% 12.28%
1991 3,845,508,828 2,550,198,475 1,023,772,324 266,012,750 5,525,278 3.23 3.58% 11.90%
1990 3,712,743,738 2,414,276,240 1,033,515,846 260,357,290 4,594,361 3.17 2.14% 11.51%
1989 3,634,848,622 2,372,091,084 1,007,934,796 250,294,641 4,528,102 3.15 3.53% 11.39%
1988 3,510,808,468 2,293,579,145 969,071,661 243,051,172 5,106,490 3.1 5.76% 11.20%
1987 3,319,728,911 2,133,274,824 950,472,437 230,913,725 5,067,926 2.99 5.99% 10.92%
1986 3,132,161,324 1,994,730,321 928,410,865 204,943,689 4,076,449 2.87 4.73% 10.57%
1985 2,990,589,070 1,878,471,978 905,986,089 201,967,026 4,163,978 2.79 0.59% 10.26%
1984 2,972,975,094 1,858,544,691 902,881,492 208,272,953 3,275,959 2.82 6.87% 10.31%
1983 2,781,818,086 1,705,597,060 876,536,816 196,291,728 3,392,482 2.68 4.46% 9.93%
1982 2,662,998,598 1,620,845,024 854,266,260 185,025,397 2,861,917 2.61 3.85% 9.59%
1981 2,564,329,527 1,550,623,925 832,313,087 178,885,062 2,507,453 2.54 −0.8% 9.18%
1980 2,584,943,471 1,564,736,772 832,966,806 184,460,859 2,779,034 2.6 −0.83% 9.09%
1979 2,606,605,971 1,598,873,431 832,638,236 172,184,112 2,910,192 2.66 2.29% 9.08%
1978 2,548,354,003 1,560,941,850 822,253,528 162,294,713 2,863,913 2.64 9.02% 9.10%
1977 2,337,553,388 1,385,042,924 799,803,585 149,914,051 2,792,828 2.46 8.63% 8.57%
1976 2,151,924,630 1,232,146,490 781,414,437 135,820,450 2,543,253 2.3 3% 8.09%
1975 2,089,245,382 1,184,119,403 772,962,551 129,832,089 2,331,339 2.27 9.86% 8.21%
1974 1,901,671,472 1,032,730,217 744,991,111 121,831,414 2,118,731 2.1 1.1% 7.48%
1973 1,880,933,788 1,015,182,287 736,870,812 126,762,203 2,118,486 2.12 3.06% 7.40%
1972 1,825,162,218 975,430,853 723,852,466 123,838,762 2,040,137 2.11 4.47% 7.54%
1971 1,747,006,221 914,940,398 709,494,921 120,528,161 2,042,741 2.07 1.9% 7.51%
1970 1,714,421,404 911,501,251 683,886,734 118,012,916 1,020,503 2.08 – 7.38%

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).