China CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2009?

China emitted 7891.09 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 25.06% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2009?

In 2009, China emitted 5.89 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 1339125632.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 7891.09 million tonnes emitted by China in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	982.35	0.73
Gas	164.4	0.12
Coal	6028.5	4.5
Cement	583.56	0.44
Flaring	4.56	0.0

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