China Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions 1990-2023
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 Savannah 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).
- China greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2020 was 12,942,868.34, a 1.65% increase from 2019.
- China greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2019 was 12,732,245.13, a 1.66% increase from 2018.
- China greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2018 was 12,524,335.16, a 4.25% increase from 2017.
- China greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2017 was 12,014,198.87, a 2.05% increase from 2016.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
kt of CO2 equivalent |
| China |
12,942,868.34 |
| Russia |
2,331,479.38 |
| Brazil |
1,064,709.13 |
| Iran |
844,649.47 |
| Mexico |
592,321.17 |
| Turkey |
504,956.33 |
| South Africa |
501,520.88 |
| Thailand |
433,773.46 |
| Malaysia |
302,088.66 |
| Kazakhstan |
294,805.95 |
| Algeria |
266,702.68 |
| Iraq |
261,289.53 |
| Venezuela |
194,259.70 |
| Turkmenistan |
194,091.83 |
| Colombia |
186,999.34 |
| Romania |
95,744.40 |
| Peru |
89,865.35 |
| Belarus |
87,868.32 |
| Libya |
75,370.28 |
| Ecuador |
68,056.47 |
| Serbia |
62,883.95 |
| Azerbaijan |
55,351.99 |
| Paraguay |
50,784.03 |
| Bulgaria |
46,492.85 |
| Cuba |
38,558.67 |
| Dominican Republic |
37,052.67 |
| Guatemala |
33,165.68 |
| Jordan |
33,146.35 |
| Lebanon |
28,947.44 |
| Bosnia |
26,053.35 |
| Gabon |
14,849.26 |
| Costa Rica |
14,405.09 |
| Namibia |
13,560.38 |
| Botswana |
12,374.76 |
| Armenia |
10,422.04 |
| North Macedonia |
9,768.86 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
9,542.96 |
| Albania |
8,304.29 |
| Jamaica |
7,432.64 |
| Mauritius |
6,435.74 |
| Guyana |
5,282.04 |
| Suriname |
4,312.43 |
| Montenegro |
3,764.44 |
| Grenada |
2,397.29 |
| Maldives |
1,994.51 |
| Fiji |
1,764.37 |
| Belize |
1,573.32 |
| St. Lucia |
850.81 |
| Samoa |
538.89 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
302.42 |
| Tonga |
268.34 |
| Dominica |
230.53 |
| Marshall Islands |
164.92 |
| Nauru |
47.33 |
| Tuvalu |
21.74 |
| China Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions - Historical Data |
| Year |
kt of CO2 equivalent |
Annual % Change |
| 2020 |
12,942,868.34 |
1.65% |
| 2019 |
12,732,245.13 |
1.66% |
| 2018 |
12,524,335.16 |
4.25% |
| 2017 |
12,014,198.87 |
2.05% |
| 2016 |
11,773,340.79 |
-0.27% |
| 2015 |
11,804,696.79 |
-1.14% |
| 2014 |
11,940,737.42 |
0.67% |
| 2013 |
11,861,843.52 |
4.28% |
| 2012 |
11,374,795.58 |
2.57% |
| 2011 |
11,089,792.42 |
8.60% |
| 2010 |
10,211,636.79 |
8.86% |
| 2009 |
9,380,446.70 |
6.53% |
| 2008 |
8,805,331.44 |
2.97% |
| 2007 |
8,551,053.50 |
7.66% |
| 2006 |
7,942,463.98 |
9.35% |
| 2005 |
7,263,558.58 |
11.92% |
| 2004 |
6,489,937.93 |
13.37% |
| 2003 |
5,724,514.26 |
13.29% |
| 2002 |
5,053,060.57 |
6.16% |
| 2001 |
4,759,814.09 |
4.22% |
| 2000 |
4,567,274.43 |
4.39% |
| 1999 |
4,375,022.62 |
-1.52% |
| 1998 |
4,442,509.10 |
2.73% |
| 1997 |
4,324,409.75 |
-0.10% |
| 1996 |
4,328,947.13 |
0.49% |
| 1995 |
4,307,873.90 |
10.33% |
| 1994 |
3,904,475.17 |
4.26% |
| 1993 |
3,744,912.20 |
6.54% |
| 1992 |
3,515,192.81 |
3.81% |
| 1991 |
3,386,235.94 |
4.55% |
| 1990 |
3,238,858.66 |
4.55% |
