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China: Methane (CH4) emissions from Building

32.75Mt CO2e · 2024-45.0% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. 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
202432.749
202332.456
202235.787
202138.966
202043.114
201945.851
201850.915
201755.779
201657.298
201559.529
201459.516
201360.489
201262.721
201164.879
201067.504
200970.869
200873.728
200779.39
200684.372
200584.992
200486.404
200387.118
200287.423
200187.716
200090.443
199992.548
199893.79
199799.456
199693.017
1995103.909
1994103.414
1993105.45
1992104.987
1991107.886
1990107.463
1989106.491
1988106.569
1987103.582
1986101.644
198599.098
198497.873
198395.09
198293.018
198191.155
198088.594
197989.643
197888.316
197785.051
197681.292
197580.068
197475.713
197374.705
197273.161
197170.901
197070.901

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Methane (CH4) emissions from Building. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-methane-ch4-emissions-from-building (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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