China CO2 emissions data for 2010

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2010?

China emitted 8620.63 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2010. This represents 25.88% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2010?

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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