🇨🇳 China
How green is the average person in China?
Above the world average
China emits 8 tCO2 per person per year — 1.7× the world average and 3.5× the Paris-aligned 2030 target. Ranked 15 of 51 countries by per-capita emissions.
Per-capita CO2
8 tCO2
per person, per year
Total emissions
11,281 Mt
1410.7M people
Electricity grid
581 g/kWh
CO2 per kWh of electricity
How China's emissions changed over time
China per-capita emissions peaked at 8 tCO2 in 2022. Today: 8 tCO2. That's a 567% rise since 1960. The world average over the same period went from 3.1 tCO2 in 1960 to 4.7 tCO2 today.
Calculate your own footprint in China
Diet, driving, flying, heating. We turn your lifestyle into tonnes of CO2 per year and compare it to China's average.
Step 1 of 4Diet
Tell us about your year
Four short steps. Skip what you do not know. Defaults reflect a typical lifestyle in your country.
What do you eat in a typical week?
Diet is around a fifth of a typical footprint in rich countries. Animal protein dominates the impact.
Anchor: world average 4.7 tCO2/yr · Paris-aligned 2030: 2.3 tCO2/yr.