Fossil CO2 emissions per capita vs Carbon intensity of electricity generation in China
In 2024, fossil CO2 emissions per capita in China was 8.66 tonnes per capita; carbon intensity of electricity generation was 565 gCO2/kWh.
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China, annual figures, spaced by time from 2000 to 2024 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Fossil CO2 emissions per capita
Unit: tonnes per capita · 25 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Estimate | 2.87 tonnes per capita |
| 2001 | Estimate | 2.91 tonnes per capita |
| 2002 | Estimate | 3.18 tonnes per capita |
| 2003 | Estimate | 3.74 tonnes per capita |
| 2004 | Estimate | 4 tonnes per capita |
| 2005 | Estimate | 4.49 tonnes per capita |
| 2006 | Estimate | 4.92 tonnes per capita |
| 2007 | Estimate | 5.26 tonnes per capita |
| 2008 | Estimate | 5.62 tonnes per capita |
| 2009 | Estimate | 5.87 tonnes per capita |
| 2010 | Estimate | 6.37 tonnes per capita |
| 2011 | Estimate | 7 tonnes per capita |
| 2012 | Estimate | 7.13 tonnes per capita |
| 2013 | Estimate | 7.21 tonnes per capita |
| 2014 | Estimate | 7.19 tonnes per capita |
| 2015 | Estimate | 7.06 tonnes per capita |
| 2016 | Estimate | 6.94 tonnes per capita |
| 2017 | Estimate | 7.08 tonnes per capita |
| 2018 | Estimate | 7.29 tonnes per capita |
| 2019 | Estimate | 7.53 tonnes per capita |
| 2020 | Estimate | 7.64 tonnes per capita |
| 2021 | Estimate | 7.91 tonnes per capita |
| 2022 | Estimate | 8.22 tonnes per capita |
| 2023 | Estimate | 8.56 tonnes per capita |
| 2024 | Estimate | 8.66 tonnes per capita |
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Unit: gCO2e/kWh · 25 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Estimate | 783.5 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2001 | Estimate | 762.9 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2002 | Estimate | 773.3 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2003 | Estimate | 790.9 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2004 | Estimate | 778.5 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2005 | Estimate | 782.1 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2006 | Estimate | 786.7 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2007 | Estimate | 785.3 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2008 | Estimate | 747.1 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2009 | Estimate | 753.2 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2010 | Estimate | 740.8 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2011 | Estimate | 752.4 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2012 | Estimate | 720.3 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2013 | Estimate | 717.6 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2014 | Estimate | 694 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2015 | Estimate | 668 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2016 | Estimate | 651.9 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2017 | Estimate | 644.3 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2018 | Estimate | 637 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2019 | Estimate | 619.7 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2020 | Estimate | 606.4 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2021 | Estimate | 599.1 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2022 | Estimate | 586.9 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2023 | Estimate | 583.3 gCO2e/kWh |
| 2024 | Actual | 565 gCO2e/kWh |
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Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Fossil CO2 emissions per capita
Annual fossil carbon dioxide emissions per capita from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes.
25 observations charted in China (of 35 annual records) · source organisations: GCP
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Emissions intensity of electricity generation, measured as greenhouse gas emissions in carbon dioxide equivalent (gCO2e) per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated.
25 observations charted in China (of 27 annual records) · source organisations: Ember, IEA
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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