China CO2 Emissions

Fossil CO2 Emissions (2022)
12,667,428,430 tons
Yearly Change
−0.39%
Global Share
32.88%
Tons per capita
8.89

  • Fossil CO2 emissions in China were 12,667,428,430 tons in 2022.
  • CO2 emissions decreased by −0.39% over the previous year, representing a decrease by −50,226,870 tons over 2021, when CO2 emissions were 12,717,655,300 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in China are equivalent to 8.89 tons per person (based on a population of 1,425,179,569 in 2022), a decrease by −0.03 over the figure of 8.92 CO2 tons per person registered in 2021; this represents a change of −0.3% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of China

Year Fossil CO2
emissions
(tons) 		CO2 emissions
change 		CO2 emissions
per capita 		Population Pop.
change 		Share of World's
CO2 emissions
2022 12,667,428,430 −0.39% 8.89 1,425,179,569 −0.09% 32.88%
2021 12,717,655,300 5.65% 8.92 1,426,437,267 0.02% 33.40%
2020 12,037,316,110 1.84% 8.44 1,426,106,093 0.18% 33.49%
2019 11,819,358,280 2.3% 8.3 1,423,520,357 0.32% 31.25%
2018 11,553,535,950 4.78% 8.14 1,419,008,956 0.47% 30.54%
2017 11,026,110,230 2.23% 7.81 1,412,354,727 0.59% 29.89%
2016 10,786,099,160 0.16% 7.68 1,404,052,632 0.57% 29.75%
2015 10,768,981,870 −1.29% 7.71 1,396,134,174 0.59% 29.78%
2014 10,909,722,840 1.18% 7.86 1,387,951,972 0.65% 30.06%
2013 10,782,992,990 4.8% 7.82 1,379,008,040 0.69% 29.90%
2012 10,288,859,530 3.14% 7.51 1,369,520,864 0.68% 29.08%
2011 9,975,931,450 9.33% 7.33 1,360,250,664 0.64% 28.58%
2010 9,124,911,380 9.41% 6.75 1,351,561,514 0.67% 26.96%
2009 8,340,201,270 7.27% 6.21 1,342,522,716 0.65% 26.15%
2008 7,774,955,360 3.01% 5.83 1,333,821,016 0.6% 24.07%
2007 7,547,621,040 8.69% 5.69 1,325,813,582 0.59% 23.50%
2006 6,944,310,900 10.96% 5.27 1,318,054,036 0.61% 22.44%
2005 6,258,412,620 13.48% 4.78 1,310,027,136 0.61% 20.91%
2004 5,515,056,780 15.26% 4.24 1,302,100,316 0.59% 19.12%
2003 4,785,012,700 15.47% 3.7 1,294,517,326 0.59% 17.36%
2002 4,143,909,970 7.97% 3.22 1,286,866,839 0.64% 15.73%
2001 3,837,990,880 4.86% 3 1,278,725,063 0.72% 14.80%
2000 3,659,949,740 6.36% 2.88 1,269,581,175 0.75% 14.28%
1999 3,441,208,460 −2.11% 2.73 1,260,176,655 0.75% 13.86%
1998 3,515,384,570 2.46% 2.81 1,250,847,127 0.78% 14.27%
1997 3,430,838,420 2.89% 2.76 1,241,139,622 0.83% 14.01%
1996 3,334,630,630 −0.77% 2.71 1,230,944,812 0.89% 13.89%
1995 3,360,563,010 10.56% 2.75 1,220,133,927 0.92% 14.26%
1994 3,039,539,520 5.44% 2.51 1,209,003,096 0.98% 13.28%
1993 2,882,765,980 8.31% 2.41 1,197,308,575 1.08% 12.72%
1992 2,661,705,530 4.71% 2.25 1,184,574,237 1.18% 11.80%
1991 2,542,073,860 5.65% 2.17 1,170,788,528 1.49% 11.22%
1990 2,406,179,550 1.78% 2.09 1,153,582,724 1.73% 10.69%
1989 2,364,077,620 3.45% 2.08 1,133,991,008 1.68% 10.59%
1988 2,285,186,130 7.49% 2.05 1,115,244,165 1.74% 10.41%
1987 2,126,001,420 7% 1.94 1,096,217,446 1.76% 10.03%
1986 1,987,002,730 6.2% 1.84 1,077,233,607 1.64% 9.67%
1985 1,871,064,280 0.66% 1.77 1,059,807,820 1.53% 9.27%
1984 1,858,733,730 9.06% 1.78 1,043,849,638 1.44% 9.33%
1983 1,704,276,440 5.23% 1.66 1,029,064,956 1.53% 8.83%
1982 1,619,544,350 4.53% 1.6 1,013,588,179 1.59% 8.45%
1981 1,549,330,030 −0.9% 1.55 997,721,071 1.48% 7.98%
1980 1,563,475,890 −2.14% 1.59 983,163,542 1.43% 7.90%
1979 1,597,624,770 2.43% 1.65 969,288,069 1.37% 7.97%
1978 1,559,687,660 12.71% 1.63 956,161,485 1.34% 7.99%
1977 1,383,762,160 12.42% 1.47 943,546,375 1.42% 7.28%

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