China CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2020?
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China emitted 10914.01 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
This represents 31.18% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2020?
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In 2020, China emitted 7.66 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 1424929792.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 10914.01 million tonnes emitted by China in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
1523.05 |
1.07 |
| Gas |
676.47 |
0.47 |
| Coal |
7679.55 |
5.39 |
| Cement |
858.23 |
0.6 |
| Flaring |
5.17 |
0.0 |
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