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China: Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport

5.54Mt CO2e · 2024+9.9% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), 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
20245.542
20235.419
20225.18
20215.546
20205.212
20195.284
20184.856
20174.777
20164.84
20155.098
20145.043
20134.79
20124.882
20114.901
20104.556
20094.691
20084.545
20073.679
20063.694
20053.535
20043.202
20033.024
20022.516
20012.286
20002.114
19991.632
19981.385
19971.339
19961.358
19951.065
19940.965
19931.008
19920.836
19910.718
19900.609
19890.586
19880.551
19870.502
19860.461
19850.421
19840.4
19830.359
19820.322
19810.301
19800.297
19790.302
19780.289
19770.263
19760.242
19750.241
19740.221
19730.184
19720.161
19710.14
19700.137

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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