China vs EUMETSAT: Annual number of objects launched into space

China

374 objects

in 2025

EUMETSAT

2 objects

in 2025

China rank

2nd

EUMETSAT rank

1st

Annual number of objects launched into space over time

China currently reports 374 objects against 2 objects in EUMETSAT, a difference of 372 objects.

That makes China's figure about 187.0 times EUMETSAT's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1991 it was EUMETSAT ahead.

China ranks 2nd and EUMETSAT ranks 1st of 50 countries.

Indicator: Annual number of objects launched into space
Unit: objects
Source: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 52 places, 979 data points, 1957–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual number of satellites, probes, landers, crewed spacecrafts, and space station flight elements, launched into Earth orbit or beyond.