Global Carbon Project fossil CO₂ emissions: China

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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t CO₂/capita
  • Per Capita
Source: GCB Fossil 2025v15

Data and Sources

YearTotalCoalOilGasFlaringCementOtherPer Capita
202412290
8886
1705
889.4
4.013
617.8
186.5
8.658
202312170
8741
1730
828.9
4.494
681.7
186.5
8.556
202211710
8469
1560
773.2
4.678
718.8
186.5
8.218
202111280
8004
1521
765.3
4.812
802.5
186.5
7.911
202010900
7679
1523
676.5
5.170
828.7
183.7
7.641
201910710
7523
1560
630.2
3.839
805.9
191.2
7.526
201810350
7317
1500
575.4
3.408
752.7
198.1
7.292
201710000
7164
1431
486.4
2.969
740.6
175.9
7.080
20169748
7072
1358
421.7
3.090
728.1
165.5
6.943
20159858
7266
1329
380.1
3.901
706.3
172.6
7.061
20149976
7425
1256
370.2
3.930
757.1
163.9
7.188
20139942
7493
1235
320.1
3.632
735.5
155.0
7.210
20129767
7465
1177
277.6
3.733
702.6
141.7
7.132
20119520
7310
1124
246.0
3.853
696.5
140.4
6.999
20108610
6569
1093
199.6
3.974
628.7
116.1
6.370
20097881
6029
982.4
164.4
4.557
573.6
127.7
5.871
20087492
5729
970.1
149.7
4.666
516.9
121.6
5.617
20076975
5290
927.4
129.5
4.965
506.2
116.9
5.261
20066486
4905
898.5
103.8
5.534
462.1
111.1
4.921
20055882
4424
850.2
84.96
5.588
411.6
105.4
4.490
20045211
3835
839.1
71.52
5.192
362.1
97.86
4.002
20034835
3602
727.1
60.75
5.180
347.6
92.70
3.735
20024098
3019
653.1
53.99
4.486
277.9
90.16
3.185
20013724
2638
659.3
67.16
4.783
266.2
88.79
2.912
20003644
2602
648.7
59.80
4.737
240.2
88.79
2.870
19993550
2581
596.8
54.57
4.433
224.4
88.79
2.817
19983355
2445
559.3
50.50
4.132
207.8
88.79
2.682
19973512
2610
558.0
44.16
5.425
199.4
95.62
2.830
19963499
2660
510.6
44.47
5.584
189.6
88.79
2.843
19953351
2570
468.2
42.44
3.728
181.5
85.62
2.747
19943094
2381
423.7
41.57
3.737
161.6
82.57
2.559
19932914
2229
428.5
35.73
-
140.3
80.99
2.434
19922731
2115
385.8
30.24
-
120.4
80.29
2.306
19912619
2050
356.0
30.78
-
99.57
83.04
2.237
19902484
1977
330.3
29.30
-
83.07
64.07
2.153
19892462
1920
354.4
28.82
-
83.51
75.27
2.171
19882424
1893
343.1
27.31
-
83.66
77.79
2.174
19872257
1770
321.5
26.60
-
74.34
63.92
2.059
19862103
1658
303.1
26.35
-
66.45
50.04
1.953
19851997
1584
284.6
24.82
-
58.55
44.86
1.884
19841844
1454
271.5
24.23
3.213
49.47
41.67
1.767
19831694
1322
263.8
23.44
2.671
43.64
38.37
1.646
19821606
1249
257.8
22.90
2.524
38.48
35.62
1.585
19811476
1125
256.4
24.39
2.689
33.59
34.13
1.480
19801494
1123
273.2
27.32
3.012
32.44
35.59
1.520
19791525
1148
278.4
27.78
3.063
30.09
38.53
1.574
19781493
1117
282.0
26.29
2.737
26.63
37.51
1.561
19771341
998.6
257.5
23.24
2.180
22.77
36.42
1.421
19761226
910.4
239.0
19.37
1.905
19.16
36.52
1.318
19751183
906.7
204.2
16.97
1.905
19.02
34.41
1.291
19741028
776.1
182.6
14.44
1.634
15.29
38.01
1.142
19731008
783.8
158.8
11.47
1.264
15.42
37.54
1.142
1972968.6
770.7
138.3
9.281
1.022
14.69
34.58
1.122
1971909.2
736.4
120.1
7.174
0.7914
13.11
31.61
1.077
1970808.0
665.9
94.64
5.503
-
10.72
31.22
0.9814
1969607.7
501.2
66.85
3.759
-
7.613
28.28
0.7576
1968495.5
412.7
48.65
2.686
-
5.253
26.20
0.6345
1967460.2
383.6
42.50
2.799
-
6.085
25.24
0.6048
1966549.5
469.8
44.55
2.568
-
8.387
24.19
0.7401
1965500.3
433.0
35.00
2.110
-
6.801
23.38
0.6916
1964460.6
401.6
27.73
2.030
-
5.032
24.27
0.6536
1963456.8
406.1
23.27
1.957
-
3.355
22.07
0.6673
1962459.6
411.9
21.76
2.323
-
2.497
21.11
0.6911
1961570.6
522.5
22.34
2.818
-
2.585
20.42
0.8702
1960798.8
748.4
22.99
1.993
-
6.514
18.93
1.220
1959720.2
695.4
19.05
0.5569
-
5.107
-
1.103
1958524.6
508.2
12.36
0.2125
-
3.871
-
0.8144
1957255.8
243.8
8.988
0.1319
-
2.855
-
0.4058
1956215.8
205.0
8.094
0.04763
-
2.660
-
0.3501
1955190.5
183.2
5.419
0.03297
-
1.873
-
0.3157
1954160.9
155.6
3.342
0.02931
-
1.915
-
0.2726
1953133.8
130.2
1.909
0.02198
-
1.615
-
0.2316
1952128.0
125.4
1.337
0.01466
-
1.203
-
0.2265
1951102.1
100.1
0.9380
0.007328
-
1.036
-
0.1844
195078.84
77.61
0.6192
0.01465
-
0.5869
-
0.1449
194962.08
61.44
0.3627
0
-
0.2747
-
0.1154
194838.40
38.09
0.2235
0
-
0.08264
-
0.07198
194741.84
41.50
0.1612
0
-
0.1744
-
0.07883
194636.11
35.81
0.2162
0
-
0.08569
-
0.06839
194555.89
55.34
0.5386
0
-
0.01836
-
0.1064
1944103.0
101.9
0.6156
0
-
0.4897
-
0.1972
1943109.0
107.4
0.9526
0
-
0.6396
-
0.2097
1942127.6
124.5
2.506
0
-
0.6549
-
0.2469
1941114.0
111.4
2.034
0
-
0.4958
-
0.2217
194090.79
88.72
1.795
0
-
0.2724
-
0.1776
193974.43
73.02
1.180
0
-
0.2234
-
0.1464
193861.37
60.52
0.8354
0
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0.009181
-
0.1214
193770.97
69.94
0.5936
0
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0.4377
-
0.1412
193675.48
74.54
0.5093
0
-
0.4285
-
0.1511
193572.65
72.06
0.4324
0
-
0.1561
-
0.1463
193462.38
62.00
0.2821
0
-
0.09793
-
0.1264
193354.11
53.73
0.2674
0
-
0.1132
-
0.1103
193250.27
49.97
0.2162
0
-
0.07957
-
0.1030
193151.90
51.62
0.1869
0
-
0.09793
-
0.1070
193049.56
49.33
0.1539
0
-
0.07345
-
0.1026
192948.28
48.19
0.01099
0
-
0.07651
-
0.1004
192847.59
47.54
0.01099
0
-
0.03978
-
0.09941
192745.81
45.80
0.01099
0
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-
0.09602
192643.66
43.65
0.007328
0
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-
0.09185
192545.95
45.95
0
0
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0.09702
192448.85
48.85
0
0
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0.1035
192346.52
46.52
0
0
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-
0.09890
192239.97
39.97
0
0
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0.08528
192138.76
38.76
0
0
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0.08312
192040.28
40.28
0
0
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0.08693
191938.00
38.00
0
0
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0.08266
191834.75
34.75
0
0
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0.07631
191732.02
32.02
0
0
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0.07110
191630.13
30.13
0
0
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0.06763
191525.42
25.42
0
0
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0.05767
191426.72
26.72
0
0
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0.06127
191324.25
24.25
0
0
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0.05621
191217.03
17.03
0
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0.03990
191124.63
24.63
0
0
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0.05827
191025.01
25.01
0
0
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0.05968
190924.25
24.25
0
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0.05831
190822.74
22.74
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0.05502
190719.89
19.89
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