Which has higher ippu — emissions, China, mainland or OECD?

China, mainland, at 266 kt against 111.2 kt in OECD as of 2023.

What is the difference in ippu — emissions between China, mainland and OECD?

154.8 kt, with China, mainland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and OECD?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as IPPU — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

China, mainland vs OECD: IPPU — Emissions

China, mainland

266 kt

in 2023

OECD

111.2 kt

in 2023

China, mainland rank

2nd

OECD rank

4th

IPPU — Emissions over time

China, mainland
OECD

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 266 kt against 111.2 kt in OECD, a difference of 154.8 kt.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.4 times OECD's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was OECD ahead.

China, mainland ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 4th of 148 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, China, mainland averaged higher in 2 and OECD in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China, mainland	OECD	Difference	Ahead
1960s	13.2 kt	90.46 kt	77.26 kt	OECD
1970s	13.4 kt	93.49 kt	80.09 kt	OECD
1980s	9.8 kt	78.4 kt	68.59 kt	OECD
1990s	18.78 kt	91.95 kt	73.17 kt	OECD
2000s	57.61 kt	91.43 kt	33.82 kt	OECD
2010s	189.5 kt	95.06 kt	94.44 kt	China, mainland
2020s	257.5 kt	112.73 kt	144.77 kt	China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ippu — emissions, China, mainland or OECD?: China, mainland, at 266 kt against 111.2 kt in OECD as of 2023.
What is the difference in ippu — emissions between China, mainland and OECD?: 154.8 kt, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and OECD?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do China, mainland and OECD rank globally for ippu — emissions?: China, mainland ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 4th of 148 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as IPPU — 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, mainland vs OECD: IPPU — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/ippu-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/china-mainland/oecd/

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/ippu-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/china-mainland/oecd/">China, mainland vs OECD: IPPU — Emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: IPPU — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 181 places, 10,289 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood 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). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf