Global Carbon Project fossil CO₂ emissions: China

A newer version of this dataset is available. The latest version available on Openclimatedata is 2025v15.

Total Fossil CO₂

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Mt CO₂
  • Total

CO₂ from Coal

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Coal

CO₂ from Oil

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Oil

CO₂ from Gas

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Gas

CO₂ from Flaring

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Flaring

Cement (Process CO₂ Emissions)

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Cement

Other CO₂ (Other carbonates)

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Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Other

Per Capita CO₂

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2
4
6
8
t CO₂/capita
  • Per Capita
Source: GCB Fossil 2021v34

Data and Sources

YearTotalCoalOilGasFlaringCementOtherPer Capita
202010670
7421
1612
605.3
0
858.2
171.5
7.412
201910490
7378
1544
564.6
0
826.9
177.3
7.316
201810290
7316
1495
519.8
0
786.7
171.5
7.208
20179920
7137
1391
464.5
0
758.2
169.7
6.981
20169720
7071
1335
402.8
0
743.0
167.9
6.874
20159848
7267
1328
366.6
0
722.0
165.2
7.000
20149986
7425
1263
353.6
0
778.6
165.2
7.135
20139953
7493
1235
320.1
0
748.3
156.2
7.151
20129776
7465
1177
277.6
0
714.8
141.7
7.062
20119529
7310
1124
246.0
0
708.6
140.4
6.922
20108617
6569
1093
199.6
0
639.6
116.1
6.295
20097887
6029
982.3
164.4
0
583.6
127.7
5.794
20087497
5729
970.1
149.7
0
525.9
121.6
5.539
20076979
5290
927.4
129.5
0
515.0
116.9
5.185
20066489
4905
898.5
103.8
0
470.1
111.1
4.848
20055877
4424
850.2
84.96
0
411.6
105.4
4.416
20045224
3835
839.1
71.52
0
380.0
97.86
3.948
20034545
3319
727.1
60.75
0
345.2
92.70
3.455
20023873
2779
653.1
53.99
0
296.6
90.16
2.962
20013515
2429
659.3
67.16
0
270.8
88.79
2.706
20003439
2396
648.7
59.80
0
244.4
89.86
2.665
19993350
2378
596.8
54.57
0
228.3
92.20
2.614
19983360
2445
559.3
50.50
0
211.4
94.55
2.642
19973510
2610
558.0
44.16
0
202.9
95.62
2.781
19963503
2660
510.6
44.47
0
192.9
94.89
2.799
19953358
2570
468.2
42.44
0
184.6
92.85
2.706
19943100
2381
423.7
41.57
0
164.4
89.76
2.520
19932922
2229
428.5
35.73
0
142.8
85.86
2.397
19922731
2115
385.8
30.24
0
122.4
77.60
2.263
19912606
2050
356.0
30.78
0
101.3
68.07
2.185
19902485
1977
330.3
29.30
0
84.51
64.07
2.111
19892464
1920
354.4
28.82
0
84.89
75.27
2.127
19882426
1893
343.1
27.31
0
84.96
77.79
2.132
19872258
1770
321.5
26.60
0
75.43
63.92
2.023
19862104
1657
303.1
26.35
0
67.36
50.04
1.922
19851998
1585
284.6
24.82
0
59.30
44.86
1.858
19841845
1454
271.5
24.23
3.213
50.07
41.67
1.743
19831694
1322
263.8
23.44
2.671
44.13
38.37
1.625
19821607
1249
257.8
22.90
2.524
38.87
35.62
1.563
19811476
1125
256.4
24.39
2.689
33.90
34.13
1.456
19801494
1123
273.2
27.32
3.012
32.71
35.59
1.494
19791526
1148
278.4
27.78
3.063
30.32
38.53
1.547
19781493
1117
282.0
26.29
2.737
26.81
37.51
1.535
19771341
998.6
257.5
23.24
2.180
22.91
36.42
1.400
19761226
910.4
239.0
19.37
1.905
19.25
36.52
1.301
19751183
906.6
204.2
16.97
1.905
19.10
34.41
1.277
19741028
776.1
182.6
14.44
1.634
15.34
38.01
1.132
19731008
783.7
158.8
11.47
1.264
15.46
37.54
1.134
1972968.6
770.7
138.3
9.281
1.022
14.72
34.58
1.114
1971909.2
736.4
120.1
7.174
0.7914
13.12
31.61
1.071
1970808.0
665.9
94.64
5.503
0
10.72
31.22
0.9763
1969607.7
501.2
66.85
3.759
0
7.613
28.28
0.7540
1968495.5
412.7
48.65
2.686
0
5.253
26.20
0.6320
1967460.2
383.6
42.50
2.799
0
6.085
25.24
0.6035
1966549.5
469.8
44.55
2.568
0
8.387
24.19
0.7401
1965500.3
433.0
35.00
2.110
0
6.801
23.38
0.6908
1964460.6
401.6
27.73
2.030
0
5.032
24.27
0.6504
1963456.8
406.1
23.27
1.957
0
3.355
22.07
0.6579
1962459.6
411.9
21.76
2.323
0
2.497
21.11
0.6738
1961570.6
522.5
22.34
2.818
0
2.585
20.42
0.8505
1960798.8
748.4
22.99
1.993
0
6.514
18.93
1.210
1959720.2
695.4
19.05
0.5569
0
5.107
-
1.108
1958524.6
508.2
12.36
0.2125
0
3.871
-
0.8193
1957255.8
243.8
8.988
0.1319
0
2.855
-
0.4056
1956215.8
205.0
8.094
0.04763
0
2.660
-
0.3473
1955190.5
183.2
5.419
0.03298
0
1.873
-
0.3112
1954160.9
155.6
3.341
0.02931
0
1.915
-
0.2668
1953133.8
130.2
1.909
0.02198
0
1.615
-
0.2255
1952128.0
125.4
1.337
0.01466
0
1.203
-
0.2197
1951102.1
100.1
0.9380
0.007328
0
1.036
-
0.1792
195078.84
77.61
0.6192
0.01466
0
0.5869
-
0.1422
194959.36
58.72
0.3627
0
0
0.2747
-
0.1091
194823.84
23.53
0.2235
0
0
0.08264
-
0.04405
194733.55
33.22
0.1612
0
0
0.1744
-
0.06234
194631.26
30.96
0.2162
0
0
0.08569
-
0.05838
194550.35
49.79
0.5386
0
0
0.01836
-
0.09453
194497.77
96.66
0.6156
0
0
0.4897
-
0.1845
194397.18
95.59
0.9526
0
0
0.6396
-
0.1844
1942113.7
110.6
2.506
0
0
0.6549
-
0.2170
1941107.5
105.0
2.034
0
0
0.4958
-
0.2062
194086.05
83.98
1.795
0
0
0.2724
-
0.1659
193967.11
65.71
1.180
0
0
0.2234
-
0.1301
193855.30
54.46
0.8354
0
0
0.009181
-
0.1077
193760.49
59.46
0.5936
0
0
0.4377
-
0.1185
193664.96
64.02
0.5093
0
0
0.4285
-
0.1279
193557.60
57.01
0.4324
0
0
0.1561
-
0.1140
193449.25
48.87
0.2821
0
0
0.09793
-
0.09799
193342.19
41.81
0.2674
0
0
0.1132
-
0.08439
193238.58
38.29
0.2162
0
0
0.07957
-
0.07774
193140.24
39.96
0.1869
0
0
0.09793
-
0.08168
193037.91
37.68
0.1539
0
0
0.07345
-
0.07752
192935.80
35.72
0.01099
0
0
0.07651
-
0.07348
192834.11
34.06
0.01099
0
0
0.03978
-
0.07025
192733.53
33.51
0.01099
0
0
-
-
0.06929
192629.59
29.58
0.007328
0
0
-
-
0.06137
192533.22
33.22
0
0
0
-
-
0.06915
192435.09
35.09
0
0
0
-
-
0.07331
192332.15
32.15
0
0
0
-
-
0.06740
192226.63
26.63
0
0
0
-
-
0.05603
192125.29
25.29
0
0
0
-
-
0.05339
192026.77
26.77
0
0
0
-
-
0.05671
191924.26
24.26
0
0
0
-
-
0.05196
191821.04
21.04
0
0
0
-
-
0.04557
191719.85
19.85
0
0
0
-
-
0.04346
191617.96
17.96
0
0
0
-
-
0.03977
191516.09
16.09
0
0
0
-
-
0.03601
191415.11
15.11
0
0
0
-
-
0.03418
191310.76
10.76
0
0
0
-
-
0.02461
19129.787
9.787
0
0
0
-
-
0.02263
191127.85
27.85
0
0
0
-
-
0.06511
191018.75
18.75
0
0
0
-
-
0.04432
190920.84
20.84
0
0
0
-
-
0.04954
190822.73
22.73
0
0
0
-
-
0.05434
190716.84
16.84
0
0
0
-
-
0.04048
190617.11
17.11
0
0
0
-
-
0.04137
19052.297
2.297
0
0
0
-
-
0.005585
19042.088
2.088
0
0
0
-
-
0.005106
19031.964
1.964
0
0
0
-
-
0.004828
19020.09526
0.09526
0
0
0
-
-
0.0002360
19010
-
-
-
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-
19000
-
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18990.09526
0.09526
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0
0
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0.0002390
18980
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-
-
-
-
-
17760
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17750
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17740
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17730
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17720
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17710
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17700
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17690
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17680
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17670
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17660
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17650
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17640
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17630
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17620
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17610
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17600
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17590
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17580
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17570
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17560
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17550
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17540
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17530
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17520
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17510
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17500
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

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BP
CDIAC 2021
GCP
Maddison
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