China CO2 emissions data for 2016
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2016?
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China emitted 9765.03 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016.
This represents 27.54% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2016?
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In 2016, China emitted 6.97 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 1401889664.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 9765.03 million tonnes emitted by China in 2016 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
1357.84 |
0.97 |
| Gas |
421.73 |
0.3 |
| Coal |
7071.4 |
5.04 |
| Cement |
743.04 |
0.53 |
| Flaring |
3.09 |
0.0 |
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