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China: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport

928.70Mt CO2e · 2024+20.6% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the transportation sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.3.a Civil Aviation, 1.A.3.b_noRES Road Transportation no resuspension, 1.A.3.c Railways, 1.A.3.d Water-borne Navigation, 1.A.3.e Other Transportation. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Reported as: Energy. Annual figures for China from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
2024928.698
2023939.828
2022885.434
2021969.448
2020901.962
2019944.372
2018950.956
2017877.815
2016845.357
2015828.462
2014770.35
2013741.094
2012686.126
2011621.89
2010568.78
2009517.075
2008507.068
2007468.577
2006434.812
2005397.312
2004371.137
2003313.144
2002276.444
2001254.25
2000248.48
1999157.362
1998140.285
1997146.127
1996169.853
1995127.371
1994116.35
1993125.702
1992111.102
1991100.621
199094.153
1989108.52
1988104.721
198798.71
198694.056
198586.329
198483.889
198378.599
198274.007
198170.636
198070.859
197974.897
197871.989
197774.117
197666.906
197565.909
197458.847
197354.414
197250.12
197145.458
197045.458

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-from-transport (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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