Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in China

China: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate was 0.039 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.039 units per square kilometre
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
76th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.0471 units per square kilometre
in 1996
All-time low
0.039 units per square kilometre
in 2019
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in China, 1990–2019

00.010.020.030.040.051990200420191990: 0.041 units per square kilometre1991: 0.042 units per square kilometre1992: 0.042 units per square kilometre1993: 0.041 units per square kilometre1994: 0.042 units per square kilometre1995: 0.045 units per square kilometre1996: 0.047 units per square kilometre1997: 0.043 units per square kilometre1998: 0.045 units per square kilometre1999: 0.045 units per square kilometre2000: 0.045 units per square kilometre2001: 0.044 units per square kilometre2002: 0.043 units per square kilometre2003: 0.042 units per square kilometre2004: 0.043 units per square kilometre2005: 0.043 units per square kilometre2006: 0.043 units per square kilometre2007: 0.042 units per square kilometre2008: 0.043 units per square kilometre2009: 0.042 units per square kilometre2010: 0.042 units per square kilometre2011: 0.042 units per square kilometre2012: 0.041 units per square kilometre2013: 0.041 units per square kilometre2014: 0.041 units per square kilometre2015: 0.042 units per square kilometre2016: 0.042 units per square kilometre2017: 0.041 units per square kilometre2018: 0.04 units per square kilometre2019: 0.039 units per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.

Analysis

China recorded 0.039 units per square kilometre for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in China peaked at 0.0471 units per square kilometre in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.039 units per square kilometre, in 2019.

China ranks 76th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate in China, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions, per square kilometre in China, 1990 to 2019.
Year units per square kilometre Change
1990 0.0411 units per square kilometre
1991 0.0417 units per square kilometre +1.3%
1992 0.0416 units per square kilometre -0.1%
1993 0.0412 units per square kilometre -0.9%
1994 0.0422 units per square kilometre +2.3%
1995 0.0446 units per square kilometre +5.8%
1996 0.0471 units per square kilometre +5.5%
1997 0.0427 units per square kilometre -9.4%
1998 0.0447 units per square kilometre +4.7%
1999 0.0454 units per square kilometre +1.7%
2000 0.0453 units per square kilometre -0.3%
2001 0.044 units per square kilometre -2.7%
2002 0.0428 units per square kilometre -2.7%
2003 0.0418 units per square kilometre -2.4%
2004 0.0429 units per square kilometre +2.6%
2005 0.0433 units per square kilometre +1.0%
2006 0.0431 units per square kilometre -0.4%
2007 0.042 units per square kilometre -2.5%
2008 0.0426 units per square kilometre +1.3%
2009 0.0424 units per square kilometre -0.5%
2010 0.0421 units per square kilometre -0.7%
2011 0.0415 units per square kilometre -1.4%
2012 0.0412 units per square kilometre -0.7%
2013 0.0412 units per square kilometre -0.2%
2014 0.0412 units per square kilometre +0.2%
2015 0.0416 units per square kilometre +1.0%
2016 0.0418 units per square kilometre +0.4%
2017 0.041 units per square kilometre -1.8%
2018 0.0402 units per square kilometre -2.0%
2019 0.039 units per square kilometre -3.0%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 0.039 units per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0326 units per square kilometre, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • China's 0.039 units per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0319 units per square kilometre, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0432 units per square kilometre 0.0411 units per square kilometre 0.0471 units per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.043 units per square kilometre 0.0418 units per square kilometre 0.0453 units per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0411 units per square kilometre 0.039 units per square kilometre 0.0421 units per square kilometre 10

Countries ranked near China

  1. 73 Senegal 0.0414 units per square kilometre compare
  2. 74 Malawi 0.0401 units per square kilometre compare
  3. 75 Romania 0.0391 units per square kilometre compare
  4. 77 Dominica 0.0386 units per square kilometre compare
  5. 78 Saint Lucia 0.0384 units per square kilometre compare
  6. 79 Bahrain 0.0382 units per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in China?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate in China was 0.039 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 0.0471 units per square kilometre in 1996.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.039 units per square kilometre in 2019.
How does China rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate?
China ranks 76th out of 208 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - farm-gate rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
209 places, 6,088 data points, 1990–2019
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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.