China CO2 emissions data for 2015
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2015?
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China emitted 9866.95 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015.
This represents 27.82% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2015?
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In 2015, China emitted 7.08 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 1393715456.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 9866.95 million tonnes emitted by China in 2015 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
1328.8 |
0.95 |
| Gas |
380.05 |
0.27 |
| Coal |
7266.98 |
5.21 |
| Cement |
721.99 |
0.52 |
| Flaring |
3.9 |
0.0 |
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