China CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2017?
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China emitted 10011.15 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
This represents 27.79% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2017?
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In 2017, China emitted 7.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 1410275968.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 10011.15 million tonnes emitted by China in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
1430.59 |
1.01 |
| Gas |
486.36 |
0.34 |
| Coal |
7163.32 |
5.08 |
| Cement |
758.19 |
0.54 |
| Flaring |
2.97 |
0.0 |
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