China CO2 emissions data for 2010
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2010?
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China emitted 8620.63 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2010.
This represents 25.88% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2010?
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In 2010, China emitted 6.39 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 1348191360.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 8620.63 million tonnes emitted by China in 2010 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
1092.57 |
0.81 |
| Gas |
199.59 |
0.15 |
| Coal |
6568.79 |
4.87 |
| Cement |
639.59 |
0.47 |
| Flaring |
3.97 |
0.0 |
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