Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in China
China: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 8.43 tonnes per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
8.43 tonnes per person
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
32nd
of 194 countries
All-time high
8.43 tonnes per person
in 2024
All-time low
0.7248 tonnes per person
in 1907
Years of data
118
1907–2024
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in China, 1907–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in China is 8.43 tonnes per person, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 118 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in China peaked at 8.43 tonnes per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7248 tonnes per person, in 1907.
China ranks 32nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in China, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 0.7248 tonnes per person | — |
| 1908 | 0.7399 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 1909 | 0.7689 tonnes per person | +3.9% |
| 1910 | 0.8053 tonnes per person | +4.7% |
| 1911 | 0.8451 tonnes per person | +4.9% |
| 1912 | 0.8318 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1913 | 0.835 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1914 | 0.8854 tonnes per person | +6.0% |
| 1915 | 0.8923 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 1916 | 0.8952 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 1917 | 0.9168 tonnes per person | +2.4% |
| 1918 | 0.924 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 1919 | 0.921 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1920 | 0.8886 tonnes per person | -3.5% |
| 1921 | 0.8771 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1922 | 0.8613 tonnes per person | -1.8% |
| 1923 | 0.8917 tonnes per person | +3.5% |
| 1924 | 0.887 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1925 | 0.8961 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 1926 | 0.8792 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 1927 | 0.8862 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 1928 | 0.8862 tonnes per person | +0.0% |
| 1929 | 0.9201 tonnes per person | +3.8% |
| 1930 | 1.05 tonnes per person | +14.3% |
| 1931 | 1.11 tonnes per person | +5.4% |
| 1932 | 1.15 tonnes per person | +3.9% |
| 1933 | 1.18 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 1934 | 1.23 tonnes per person | +4.2% |
| 1935 | 1.27 tonnes per person | +3.2% |
| 1936 | 1.28 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1937 | 1.28 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1938 | 1.28 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1939 | 1.32 tonnes per person | +3.3% |
| 1940 | 1.48 tonnes per person | +12.1% |
| 1941 | 1.58 tonnes per person | +6.8% |
| 1942 | 1.64 tonnes per person | +3.9% |
| 1943 | 1.65 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1944 | 1.66 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1945 | 1.6 tonnes per person | -3.5% |
| 1946 | 1.58 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1947 | 1.6 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1948 | 1.59 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1949 | 1.66 tonnes per person | +4.3% |
| 1950 | 2.23 tonnes per person | +33.9% |
| 1951 | 2.76 tonnes per person | +24.1% |
| 1952 | 2.14 tonnes per person | -22.4% |
| 1953 | 1.97 tonnes per person | -7.9% |
| 1954 | 2.45 tonnes per person | +24.1% |
| 1955 | 2.33 tonnes per person | -4.8% |
| 1956 | 2.05 tonnes per person | -11.9% |
| 1957 | 2.02 tonnes per person | -1.8% |
| 1958 | 1.86 tonnes per person | -7.8% |
| 1959 | 1.89 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 1960 | 1.91 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 1961 | 2.37 tonnes per person | +23.7% |
| 1962 | 2.3 tonnes per person | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 2.43 tonnes per person | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 2.14 tonnes per person | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 2.56 tonnes per person | +19.5% |
| 1966 | 2.19 tonnes per person | -14.5% |
| 1967 | 1.62 tonnes per person | -25.8% |
| 1968 | 1.77 tonnes per person | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 2.72 tonnes per person | +54.2% |
| 1970 | 2.6 tonnes per person | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 2.12 tonnes per person | -18.5% |
| 1972 | 2.92 tonnes per person | +37.6% |
| 1973 | 2.73 tonnes per person | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 2.68 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 2.61 tonnes per person | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 2.42 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 3.11 tonnes per person | +28.6% |
| 1978 | 3.51 tonnes per person | +12.9% |
| 1979 | 2.74 tonnes per person | -21.9% |
| 1980 | 2.63 tonnes per person | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 2.5 tonnes per person | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 2.56 tonnes per person | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 2.56 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 2.62 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 2.65 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 2.69 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 2.75 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 2.87 tonnes per person | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 2.87 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 2.85 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 2.89 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 3.01 tonnes per person | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 3.12 tonnes per person | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 3.33 tonnes per person | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 3.44 tonnes per person | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 3.56 tonnes per person | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 3.57 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 3.4 tonnes per person | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 3.48 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 3.37 tonnes per person | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.32 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 3.51 tonnes per person | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 4.03 tonnes per person | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 4.3 tonnes per person | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 4.76 tonnes per person | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 5.2 tonnes per person | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 5.51 tonnes per person | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 5.88 tonnes per person | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 6.13 tonnes per person | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 6.35 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 7.02 tonnes per person | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 7.15 tonnes per person | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 7.23 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 7.09 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 7.04 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 6.84 tonnes per person | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 6.95 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 7.17 tonnes per person | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 7.36 tonnes per person | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 7.46 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 7.71 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 8.01 tonnes per person | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 8.34 tonnes per person | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 8.43 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 8.43 tonnes per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.36 tonnes per person, 2.5× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- China's 8.43 tonnes per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.85 tonnes per person, 1.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +54.2% | 1.77 tonnes per person | 2.72 tonnes per person |
| 1972 | +37.6% | 2.12 tonnes per person | 2.92 tonnes per person |
| 1950 | +33.9% | 1.66 tonnes per person | 2.23 tonnes per person |
| 1967 | -25.8% | 2.19 tonnes per person | 1.62 tonnes per person |
| 1977 | +28.6% | 2.42 tonnes per person | 3.11 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.7445 tonnes per person | 0.7248 tonnes per person | 0.7689 tonnes per person | 3 |
| 1910s | 0.8752 tonnes per person | 0.8053 tonnes per person | 0.924 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.8873 tonnes per person | 0.8613 tonnes per person | 0.9201 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 1.21 tonnes per person | 1.05 tonnes per person | 1.32 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.61 tonnes per person | 1.48 tonnes per person | 1.66 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 2.17 tonnes per person | 1.86 tonnes per person | 2.76 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.2 tonnes per person | 1.62 tonnes per person | 2.72 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.74 tonnes per person | 2.12 tonnes per person | 3.51 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.67 tonnes per person | 2.5 tonnes per person | 2.87 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.27 tonnes per person | 2.85 tonnes per person | 3.57 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.6 tonnes per person | 3.32 tonnes per person | 6.13 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.02 tonnes per person | 6.35 tonnes per person | 7.36 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.99 tonnes per person | 7.46 tonnes per person | 8.43 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More climate change data for China
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 31.25 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 604,831 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 191,478 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 413,353 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 722.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14,763 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 342,069 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 200,605 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 141,464 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 757 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in China?
- Per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in China was 8.43 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 8.43 tonnes per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7248 tonnes per person in 1907.
- How does China rank for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- China ranks 32nd out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.