China (People’s Republic of) vs World: Domestic Wastewater — Emissions

China (People’s Republic of)
2,125 kt
in 2023
World
11,171 kt
in 2023
China (People’s Republic of) rank
2nd
World rank
1st

Domestic Wastewater — Emissions over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • World
2.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k12.0k199020062023

How they compare

World currently reports 11,171 kt against 2,125 kt in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 9,046 kt.

That makes World's figure about 5.3 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

Across all 34 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 201 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) World Difference Ahead
1990s 1,812 kt 7,837 kt 6,025 kt World
2000s 1,953 kt 9,075 kt 7,122 kt World
2010s 2,078 kt 10,285 kt 8,207 kt World
2020s 2,129 kt 11,040 kt 8,910 kt World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher domestic wastewater — emissions, China (People’s Republic of) or World?
World, at 11,171 kt against 2,125 kt in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2023.
What is the difference in domestic wastewater — emissions between China (People’s Republic of) and World?
9,046 kt, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and World?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and World rank globally for domestic wastewater — emissions?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

China (People’s Republic of) vs World: Domestic Wastewater — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 17 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/domestic-wastewater-emissions-ch4/china/world/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/domestic-wastewater-emissions-ch4/china/world/">China (People’s Republic of) vs World: Domestic Wastewater — Emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Domestic Wastewater — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
251 places, 8,319 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.