China
CO₂ per person in China
CO₂ per person in China: 1.11 tonnes in 1970 and 9.32 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 9.32 tonnes
- Since 1970
- +8.2 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 21 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 9.32 tonnes in 2024, the lowest 1.09 tonnes in 1971.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.32 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 9.23 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 8.87 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 8.89 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 8.48 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 8.39 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 8.22 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 7.88 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 7.76 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 7.79 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 7.93 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 7.89 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 7.58 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 7.4 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 6.81 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 6.25 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 5.85 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 5.71 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 5.28 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 4.78 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 4.24 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3.71 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 3.23 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 3.01 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 2.89 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 2.75 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 2.84 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 2.79 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 2.74 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 2.79 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 2.56 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 2.45 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 2.29 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 2.22 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 2.13 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 2.12 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 2.08 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.97 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.87 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.79 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.79 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.67 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.61 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.56 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.6 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.65 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.63 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.47 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.32 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.29 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.15 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.15 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 1.13 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 1.09 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 1.11 | 4.15 |
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
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- Military spending1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$335B in 2025
- Military spending per person$237 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2.54 million people in 2020
- National power23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports880 million TIV in 2025