CO₂ emissions per capita: China
8.65839 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 118 years from 1907 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.65839 |
| 2023 | 8.556261 |
| 2022 | 8.217776 |
| 2021 | 7.910899 |
| 2020 | 7.64075 |
| 2019 | 7.5260706 |
| 2018 | 7.2915606 |
| 2017 | 7.080384 |
| 2016 | 6.9428844 |
| 2015 | 7.0609546 |
| 2014 | 7.187588 |
| 2013 | 7.2097993 |
| 2012 | 7.131918 |
| 2011 | 6.998823 |
| 2010 | 6.370445 |
| 2009 | 5.8706574 |
| 2008 | 5.6172485 |
| 2007 | 5.2606664 |
| 2006 | 4.921031 |
| 2005 | 4.4899764 |
| 2004 | 4.001966 |
| 2003 | 3.7351773 |
| 2002 | 3.184619 |
| 2001 | 2.912365 |
| 2000 | 2.8700879 |
| 1999 | 2.817025 |
| 1998 | 2.6824508 |
| 1997 | 2.8299394 |
| 1996 | 2.8427844 |
| 1995 | 2.7465813 |
| 1994 | 2.559043 |
| 1993 | 2.4340296 |
| 1992 | 2.3057148 |
| 1991 | 2.2370765 |
| 1990 | 2.1528878 |
| 1989 | 2.1712253 |
| 1988 | 2.1739132 |
| 1987 | 2.0585601 |
| 1986 | 1.9526218 |
| 1985 | 1.8844863 |
| 1984 | 1.7667418 |
| 1983 | 1.6459085 |
| 1982 | 1.5847058 |
| 1981 | 1.479652 |
| 1980 | 1.5198873 |
| 1979 | 1.5737503 |
| 1978 | 1.5609471 |
| 1977 | 1.420932 |
| 1976 | 1.3181169 |
| 1975 | 1.2914877 |
| 1974 | 1.1419026 |
| 1973 | 1.1424145 |
| 1972 | 1.1215245 |
| 1971 | 1.0771737 |
| 1970 | 0.9813614 |
| 1969 | 0.75759107 |
| 1968 | 0.63445187 |
| 1967 | 0.6047536 |
| 1966 | 0.74011993 |
| 1965 | 0.6915715 |
| 1964 | 0.65358335 |
| 1963 | 0.6672778 |
| 1962 | 0.69108945 |
| 1961 | 0.87018025 |
| 1960 | 1.2199273 |
| 1959 | 1.1033454 |
| 1958 | 0.8143566 |
| 1957 | 0.40578437 |
| 1956 | 0.35005215 |
| 1955 | 0.3156697 |
| 1954 | 0.2726271 |
| 1953 | 0.23164201 |
| 1952 | 0.22650127 |
| 1951 | 0.18440396 |
| 1950 | 0.14490603 |
| 1949 | 0.11541034 |
| 1948 | 0.07197712 |
| 1947 | 0.078831576 |
| 1946 | 0.06839545 |
| 1945 | 0.1064322 |
| 1944 | 0.19717897 |
| 1943 | 0.20974888 |
| 1942 | 0.24687532 |
| 1941 | 0.22169025 |
| 1940 | 0.17756674 |
| 1939 | 0.14638789 |
| 1938 | 0.12139731 |
| 1937 | 0.141227 |
| 1936 | 0.15108936 |
| 1935 | 0.1462837 |
| 1934 | 0.12636147 |
| 1933 | 0.110256605 |
| 1932 | 0.10303524 |
| 1931 | 0.10696789 |
| 1930 | 0.102641396 |
| 1929 | 0.10044768 |
| 1928 | 0.09940985 |
| 1927 | 0.09602494 |
| 1926 | 0.09184579 |
| 1925 | 0.09701566 |
| 1924 | 0.103484906 |
| 1923 | 0.09890104 |
| 1922 | 0.08528475 |
| 1921 | 0.083120845 |
| 1920 | 0.08693245 |
| 1919 | 0.08266413 |
| 1918 | 0.07631273 |
| 1917 | 0.071104296 |
| 1916 | 0.0676246 |
| 1915 | 0.057669863 |
| 1914 | 0.061269186 |
| 1913 | 0.056213327 |
| 1912 | 0.039898846 |
| 1911 | 0.05827084 |
| 1910 | 0.059680074 |
| 1909 | 0.058310255 |
| 1908 | 0.055020537 |
| 1907 | 0.04840261 |