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Carbon dioxide emissions

China — 13 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
2012 8.321 billion Mt (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 2
2013 8.715 billion Mt (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 2
2014 10 billion Mt (2013 est.)
2015 10 billion Mt (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 1
2016 8.687 billion Mt (2013 est.) | country comparison to the world: 1
2017 9.135 billion Mt (2014 est.) | country comparison to the world: 1
2018 11.67 billion Mt (2017 est.)
2019 11.67 billion Mt (2017 est.)
2020 11.67 billion Mt (2017 est.)
2022 10,773,248,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 8,652,419,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 1,520,552,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from consumed natural gas: 600.276 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
2023 10,773,248,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 8,652,419,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 1,520,552,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from consumed natural gas: 600.276 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
2024 13.506 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 11.059 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 1.729 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.) from consumed natural gas: 716.939 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2022 est.)
2025 12.196 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 9.575 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 1.847 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 774.076 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)