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Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4) in China

China: Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4) was 0 kt in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0 kt
World rank
44th
of 218 countries
All-time high
1.76 kt
in 2000
All-time low
0 kt
in 2001
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Open shrubland — Emissions in China, 1990–2024

00.511.521990200720241990: 0.194 kt1991: 0.194 kt1992: 0.194 kt1993: 0.194 kt1994: 0.194 kt1995: 0.194 kt1996: 1.5 kt1997: 1 kt1998: 0.867 kt1999: 0.487 kt2000: 1.8 kt2001: 0 kt2002: 0 kt2003: 0.001 kt2004: 0 kt2005: 0 kt2006: 0 kt2007: 0 kt2008: 0 kt2009: 0.001 kt2010: 0 kt2011: 0 kt2012: 0 kt2013: 0 kt2014: 0.002 kt2015: 0 kt2016: 0.001 kt2017: 0 kt2018: 0.001 kt2019: 0 kt2020: 0 kt2021: 0 kt2022: 0.001 kt2023: 0 kt2024: 0 kt

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

Analysis

China recorded 0 kt for open shrubland — emissions in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.

The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, open shrubland — emissions in China peaked at 1.76 kt in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 kt, in 2001.

That places China 44th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4) in China, year by year

Year kt Change
1990 0.1935 kt —
1991 0.1935 kt +0.0%
1992 0.1935 kt +0.0%
1993 0.1935 kt +0.0%
1994 0.1935 kt +0.0%
1995 0.1935 kt +0.0%
1996 1.46 kt +654.8%
1997 1.02 kt -30.1%
1998 0.867 kt -15.0%
1999 0.4872 kt -43.8%
2000 1.76 kt +262.1%
2001 0 kt -100.0%
2002 0 kt —
2003 0.0007 kt —
2004 0 kt -100.0%
2005 0 kt —
2006 0 kt —
2007 0 kt —
2008 0 kt —
2009 0.0014 kt —
2010 0 kt -100.0%
2011 0 kt —
2012 0 kt —
2013 0 kt —
2014 0.0021 kt —
2015 0 kt -100.0%
2016 0.0007 kt —
2017 0 kt -100.0%
2018 0.0007 kt —
2019 0 kt -100.0%
2020 0 kt —
2021 0 kt —
2022 0.0007 kt —
2023 0 kt -100.0%
2024 0 kt —

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4) in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1996 +654.8% 0.1935 kt 1.46 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4996 kt 0.1935 kt 1.46 kt 10
2000s 0.1766 kt 0 kt 1.76 kt 10
2010s 0.0003 kt 0 kt 0.0021 kt 10
2020s 0.0001 kt 0 kt 0.0007 kt 5

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  9. 44 Aruba 0 kt
  10. 44 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt
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  13. 44 Bahrain 0 kt
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  15. 44 Barbados 0 kt
  16. 44 Belarus 0 kt compare
  17. 44 Belgium 0 kt
  18. 44 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 kt
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  20. 44 Benin 0 kt compare
  21. 44 Bermuda 0 kt
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  24. 44 British Virgin Islands 0 kt
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  26. 44 Bulgaria 0 kt compare
  27. 44 Burkina Faso 0 kt compare
  28. 44 Burundi 0 kt compare
  29. 44 Cambodia 0 kt compare
  30. 44 Cameroon 0 kt compare
  31. 44 Cayman Islands 0 kt
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  34. 44 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt compare
  35. 44 China, Macao SAR 0 kt
  36. 44 China, mainland 0 kt compare
  37. 44 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt
  38. 44 Colombia 0 kt compare
  39. 44 Comoros 0 kt
  40. 44 Congo 0 kt compare
  41. 44 Cook Islands 0 kt
  42. 44 Costa Rica 0 kt compare
  43. 44 Croatia 0 kt compare
  44. 44 Cuba 0 kt compare
  45. 44 Cyprus 0 kt compare
  46. 44 Czechia 0 kt
  47. 44 Denmark 0 kt
  48. 44 Djibouti 0 kt compare
  49. 44 Dominica 0 kt
  50. 44 Dominican Republic 0 kt compare
  51. 44 Ecuador 0 kt compare
  52. 44 El Salvador 0 kt
  53. 44 Equatorial Guinea 0 kt
  54. 44 Eritrea 0 kt compare
  55. 44 Estonia 0 kt
  56. 44 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt
  57. 44 Faroe Islands 0 kt
  58. 44 Fiji 0 kt compare
  59. 44 Finland 0 kt compare
  60. 44 France 0 kt compare
  61. 44 French Guiana 0 kt
  62. 44 French Polynesia 0 kt
  63. 44 Gabon 0 kt compare
  64. 44 Gambia 0 kt compare
  65. 44 Georgia 0 kt compare
  66. 44 Germany 0 kt
  67. 44 Ghana 0 kt compare
  68. 44 Gibraltar 0 kt
  69. 44 Greece 0 kt compare
  70. 44 Greenland 0 kt compare
  71. 44 Grenada 0 kt
  72. 44 Guadeloupe 0 kt
  73. 44 Guam 0 kt
  74. 44 Guatemala 0 kt compare
  75. 44 Guinea 0 kt compare
  76. 44 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt compare
  77. 44 Guyana 0 kt compare
  78. 44 Haiti 0 kt compare
  79. 44 Honduras 0 kt compare
  80. 44 Hungary 0 kt
  81. 44 Iceland 0 kt compare
  82. 44 Indonesia 0 kt compare
  83. 44 Ireland 0 kt compare
  84. 44 Isle of Man 0 kt
  85. 44 Israel 0 kt compare
  86. 44 Italy 0 kt compare
  87. 44 Jamaica 0 kt
  88. 44 Japan 0 kt
  89. 44 Kazakhstan 0 kt compare
  90. 44 Kiribati 0 kt
  91. 44 Kuwait 0 kt compare
  92. 44 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt compare
  93. 44 Latvia 0 kt compare
  94. 44 Lebanon 0 kt compare
  95. 44 Liberia 0 kt compare
  96. 44 Libya 0 kt compare
  97. 44 Lithuania 0 kt
  98. 44 Luxembourg 0 kt
  99. 44 Malaysia 0 kt compare
  100. 44 Maldives 0 kt
  101. 44 Malta 0 kt
  102. 44 Marshall Islands 0 kt
  103. 44 Martinique 0 kt
  104. 44 Mauritius 0 kt
  105. 44 Mayotte 0 kt
  106. 44 Mongolia 0 kt compare
  107. 44 Montenegro 0 kt
  108. 44 Montserrat 0 kt
  109. 44 Morocco 0 kt compare
  110. 44 Myanmar 0 kt compare
  111. 44 Naoero 0 kt
  112. 44 Nepal 0 kt compare
  113. 44 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt
  114. 44 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt
  115. 44 New Caledonia 0 kt compare
  116. 44 New Zealand 0 kt compare
  117. 44 Nicaragua 0 kt compare
  118. 44 Niue 0 kt
  119. 44 Norfolk Island 0 kt
  120. 44 North Macedonia 0 kt compare
  121. 44 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt
  122. 44 Norway 0 kt compare
  123. 44 Oman 0 kt
  124. 44 Palau 0 kt
  125. 44 Palestine 0 kt compare
  126. 44 Panama 0 kt compare
  127. 44 Papua New Guinea 0 kt compare
  128. 44 Paraguay 0 kt compare
  129. 44 Philippines 0 kt compare
  130. 44 Pitcairn 0 kt
  131. 44 Poland 0 kt
  132. 44 Portugal 0 kt compare
  133. 44 Puerto Rico 0 kt
  134. 44 Qatar 0 kt
  135. 44 Republic of Korea 0 kt compare
  136. 44 Réunion 0 kt compare
  137. 44 Romania 0 kt compare
  138. 44 Rwanda 0 kt compare
  139. 44 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt
  140. 44 Saint Lucia 0 kt
  141. 44 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kt
  142. 44 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt
  143. 44 Samoa 0 kt
  144. 44 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt
  145. 44 Serbia 0 kt
  146. 44 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt compare
  147. 44 Seychelles 0 kt
  148. 44 Sierra Leone 0 kt compare
  149. 44 Singapore 0 kt
  150. 44 Slovakia 0 kt
  151. 44 Slovenia 0 kt
  152. 44 Solomon Islands 0 kt
  153. 44 South Sudan 0 kt compare
  154. 44 Sri Lanka 0 kt compare
  155. 44 Suriname 0 kt
  156. 44 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt
  157. 44 Sweden 0 kt compare
  158. 44 Switzerland 0 kt compare
  159. 44 Tajikistan 0 kt compare
  160. 44 Togo 0 kt compare
  161. 44 Tokelau 0 kt
  162. 44 Tonga 0 kt
  163. 44 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kt
  164. 44 Tunisia 0 kt compare
  165. 44 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt
  166. 44 Tuvalu 0 kt
  167. 44 Uganda 0 kt compare
  168. 44 Ukraine 0 kt compare
  169. 44 United Arab Emirates 0 kt
  170. 44 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt compare
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  173. 44 Vanuatu 0 kt
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Frequently asked questions

What is open shrubland — emissions in China?
Open shrubland — emissions in China was 0 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest open shrubland — emissions recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 1.76 kt in 2000.
What is the lowest open shrubland — emissions recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 0 kt in 2001.
How does China rank for open shrubland — emissions?
China ranks 44th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is open shrubland — emissions rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 9,224 data points, 1990–2024
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