All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) in China

China: All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) was 14.27 million kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
14.27 million kt
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
1st
of 222 countries
All-time high
14.27 million kt
in 2023
All-time low
3.52 million kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) in China, 1990–2023

2.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M15.0M1990200620231990: 3.5M kt1991: 3.7M kt1992: 3.8M kt1993: 4.0M kt1994: 4.2M kt1995: 4.6M kt1996: 4.8M kt1997: 4.8M kt1998: 4.6M kt1999: 4.9M kt2000: 5.1M kt2001: 5.2M kt2002: 5.6M kt2003: 6.5M kt2004: 7.0M kt2005: 7.8M kt2006: 8.5M kt2007: 9.1M kt2008: 9.6M kt2009: 10.0M kt2010: 10.9M kt2011: 11.5M kt2012: 11.9M kt2013: 12.1M kt2014: 12.3M kt2015: 12.1M kt2016: 11.8M kt2017: 12.1M kt2018: 12.6M kt2019: 13.1M kt2020: 13.3M kt2021: 13.7M kt2022: 13.7M kt2023: 14.3M kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

The most recent figure for all sectors with lulucf — emissions (co2eq) in China is 14.27 million kt, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, all sectors with lulucf — emissions (co2eq) in China peaked at 14.27 million kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.52 million kt, in 1990.

That places China 1st out of 222 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) in China, year by year

Annual values for All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) in China, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 3.52 million kt
1991 3.67 million kt +4.4%
1992 3.80 million kt +3.4%
1993 3.99 million kt +5.0%
1994 4.24 million kt +6.3%
1995 4.59 million kt +8.4%
1996 4.79 million kt +4.2%
1997 4.78 million kt -0.2%
1998 4.65 million kt -2.7%
1999 4.89 million kt +5.1%
2000 5.05 million kt +3.4%
2001 5.17 million kt +2.2%
2002 5.63 million kt +9.0%
2003 6.51 million kt +15.5%
2004 7.03 million kt +8.0%
2005 7.82 million kt +11.3%
2006 8.55 million kt +9.3%
2007 9.09 million kt +6.3%
2008 9.58 million kt +5.4%
2009 10.01 million kt +4.5%
2010 10.87 million kt +8.6%
2011 11.55 million kt +6.3%
2012 11.86 million kt +2.7%
2013 12.12 million kt +2.2%
2014 12.29 million kt +1.5%
2015 12.11 million kt -1.5%
2016 11.85 million kt -2.1%
2017 12.15 million kt +2.5%
2018 12.56 million kt +3.4%
2019 13.08 million kt +4.1%
2020 13.25 million kt +1.4%
2021 13.73 million kt +3.6%
2022 13.73 million kt -0.0%
2023 14.27 million kt +3.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4.29 million kt 3.52 million kt 4.89 million kt 10
2000s 7.44 million kt 5.05 million kt 10.01 million kt 10
2010s 12.04 million kt 10.87 million kt 13.08 million kt 10
2020s 13.75 million kt 13.25 million kt 14.27 million kt 4

Countries ranked near China

  1. 2 OECD 14.25 million kt compare
  2. 3 China, mainland 13.93 million kt compare
  3. 4 India 4.26 million kt compare

See the full ranking of 276 places →

More climate change data for China

All data for China →

Frequently asked questions

What is all sectors with lulucf — emissions (co2eq) in China?
All sectors with lulucf — emissions (co2eq) in China was 14.27 million kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest all sectors with lulucf — emissions (co2eq) recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 14.27 million kt in 2023.
What is the lowest all sectors with lulucf — emissions (co2eq) recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 3.52 million kt in 1990.
How does China rank for all sectors with lulucf — emissions (co2eq)?
China ranks 1st out of 222 countries with data for 2023.
Is all sectors with lulucf — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) in China. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/all-sectors-with-lulucf-emissions-co2eq-ar5-fao-tier-1/china/

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/stat/all-sectors-with-lulucf-emissions-co2eq-ar5-fao-tier-1/china/">All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) in China</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
276 places, 9,163 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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