Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Farm-gate in China

China: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Farm-gate was 0.0332 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.0332 units per square kilometre
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
49th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.0346 units per square kilometre
in 2015
All-time low
0.0245 units per square kilometre
in 1990
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Farm-gate in China, 1990–2019

00.010.020.031990200420191990: 0.024 units per square kilometre1991: 0.025 units per square kilometre1992: 0.025 units per square kilometre1993: 0.025 units per square kilometre1994: 0.026 units per square kilometre1995: 0.029 units per square kilometre1996: 0.032 units per square kilometre1997: 0.029 units per square kilometre1998: 0.029 units per square kilometre1999: 0.03 units per square kilometre2000: 0.029 units per square kilometre2001: 0.029 units per square kilometre2002: 0.031 units per square kilometre2003: 0.031 units per square kilometre2004: 0.032 units per square kilometre2005: 0.032 units per square kilometre2006: 0.032 units per square kilometre2007: 0.032 units per square kilometre2008: 0.033 units per square kilometre2009: 0.033 units per square kilometre2010: 0.034 units per square kilometre2011: 0.034 units per square kilometre2012: 0.034 units per square kilometre2013: 0.034 units per square kilometre2014: 0.034 units per square kilometre2015: 0.035 units per square kilometre2016: 0.035 units per square kilometre2017: 0.034 units per square kilometre2018: 0.033 units per square kilometre2019: 0.033 units per square kilometre

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

Analysis

China recorded 0.0332 units per square kilometre for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - farm-gate in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - farm-gate in China peaked at 0.0346 units per square kilometre in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0245 units per square kilometre, in 1990.

China ranks 49th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Farm-gate in China, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions, per square kilometre in China, 1990 to 2019.
Year units per square kilometre Change
1990 0.0245 units per square kilometre
1991 0.0251 units per square kilometre +2.3%
1992 0.0255 units per square kilometre +1.7%
1993 0.0245 units per square kilometre -3.7%
1994 0.0257 units per square kilometre +4.8%
1995 0.0295 units per square kilometre +14.6%
1996 0.0316 units per square kilometre +7.2%
1997 0.0287 units per square kilometre -9.3%
1998 0.0292 units per square kilometre +1.9%
1999 0.0305 units per square kilometre +4.4%
2000 0.0294 units per square kilometre -3.4%
2001 0.0294 units per square kilometre -0.2%
2002 0.0307 units per square kilometre +4.5%
2003 0.0306 units per square kilometre -0.4%
2004 0.0315 units per square kilometre +3.2%
2005 0.032 units per square kilometre +1.6%
2006 0.0324 units per square kilometre +1.2%
2007 0.0324 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2008 0.0331 units per square kilometre +2.1%
2009 0.0334 units per square kilometre +1.0%
2010 0.0337 units per square kilometre +1.0%
2011 0.0337 units per square kilometre -0.1%
2012 0.0341 units per square kilometre +1.2%
2013 0.0342 units per square kilometre +0.3%
2014 0.0343 units per square kilometre +0.2%
2015 0.0346 units per square kilometre +1.1%
2016 0.0346 units per square kilometre -0.2%
2017 0.0338 units per square kilometre -2.3%
2018 0.0329 units per square kilometre -2.5%
2019 0.0332 units per square kilometre +0.8%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 0.0332 units per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0186 units per square kilometre, 1.8× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • China's 0.0332 units per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0177 units per square kilometre, 1.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0275 units per square kilometre 0.0245 units per square kilometre 0.0316 units per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.0315 units per square kilometre 0.0294 units per square kilometre 0.0334 units per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0339 units per square kilometre 0.0329 units per square kilometre 0.0346 units per square kilometre 10

Countries ranked near China

  1. 46 Ethiopia 0.0351 units per square kilometre compare
  2. 47 Turkey 0.0348 units per square kilometre compare
  3. 48 Italy 0.0345 units per square kilometre compare
  4. 50 Guatemala 0.033 units per square kilometre compare
  5. 51 Philippines 0.0329 units per square kilometre compare
  6. 52 Albania 0.0327 units per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - farm-gate in China?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - farm-gate in China was 0.0332 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - farm-gate recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 0.0346 units per square kilometre in 2015.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - farm-gate recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0245 units per square kilometre in 1990.
How does China rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - farm-gate?
China ranks 49th out of 208 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5) - farm-gate rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Farm-gate emissions, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (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 N2O (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.