China: Greenhouse gas emissions

The latest value from 2020 is 12942868 kt of CO2 equivalent, an increase from 12732245 kt of CO2 equivalent in 2019. In comparison, the world average is 241624 kt of CO2 equivalent, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for China from 1990 to 2020 is 7689561 kt of CO2 equivalent. The minimum value, 3238859 kt of CO2 equivalent, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 12942868 kt of CO2 equivalent was recorded in 2020. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and savanna burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).