China CO2 emissions data for 2021
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did China emit in 2021?
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China emitted 11336.23 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021.
This represents 30.79% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of China in 2021?
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In 2021, China emitted 7.95 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 1425893504.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 11336.23 million tonnes emitted by China in 2021 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
1564.37 |
1.1 |
| Gas |
764.1 |
0.54 |
| Coal |
7979.44 |
5.6 |
| Cement |
851.97 |
0.6 |
| Flaring |
4.81 |
0.0 |
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