CO2 emissions in China 2023, by sector

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Daniel Slotta,
Jun 19, 2025

In 2023, the ************** was the largest emitter of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in China. The sector emitted over *** metric gigatons of CO2 equivalent per year.

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CO2 emissions in China in 2023, by sector (in million tonnes of CO2-equivalent)

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Release date

July 2024

Region

China

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

Values have been rounded.

GHG emissions include CO2 (fossil only), CH4, N2O and F-gases. They are aggregated using Global Warming Potential values from IPCC AR5 (GWP-100 AR5). 

  • Power industry - Power and heat generation plants (public & auto producers)
  • Industrial combustion - Combustion for industrial manufacturing
  • Buildings – Small scale non-industrial stationary combustion
  • Transport – Mobile combustion (road & rail & ship & aviation)
  • Agriculture Agricultural soils, crop residues burning, enteric fermentation, manure management, indirect N2O emissions from agriculture 
  • Fuel exploitation - Production, transformation and refining of fuels
  • Processes - Industrial processes (e.g. emissions from the production of cement, iron and steel, aluminum, chemicals, solvents, etc.)
  • Waste - Solid waste disposal and waste water treatment 

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