China CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2008?

China emitted 7501.5 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 23.41% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2008?

In 2008, China emitted 5.64 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 1330167168.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 7501.5 million tonnes emitted by China in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	970.12	0.73
Gas	149.67	0.11
Coal	5729.47	4.31
Cement	525.92	0.4
Flaring	4.67	0.0

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