TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for China (Mainland)

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for China (Mainland) (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for China (Mainland) . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1899 26 N/A 1902 26 N/A 1903 536 N/A 1904 570 N/A 1905 627 N/A 1906 4670 N/A 1907 4596 N/A 1908 6204 N/A 1909 5687 N/A 1910 5117 N/A 1911 7600 N/A 1912 2671 N/A 1913 2936 N/A 1914 4123 N/A 1915 4391 N/A 1916 4903 N/A 1917 5418 N/A 1918 5743 N/A 1919 6620 N/A 1920 7306 N/A 1921 6902 N/A 1922 7269 N/A 1923 8775 N/A 1924 9578 N/A 1925 9067 N/A 1926 8076 N/A 1927 9150 N/A 1928 9311 N/A 1929 9776 N/A 1930 10350 N/A 1931 10988 N/A 1932 10535 N/A 1933 11522 N/A 1934 13448 N/A 1935 15728 N/A 1936 17751 N/A 1937 16533 N/A 1938 15094 N/A 1939 18329 N/A 1940 23499 N/A 1941 29371 N/A 1942 31078 N/A 1943 26557 N/A 1944 26710 N/A 1945 13742 N/A 1946 8536 N/A 1947 9167 N/A 1948 6510 N/A 1949 16187 N/A 1950 21469 0.04 1951 27768 0.05 1952 35002 0.06 1953 36607 0.06 1954 44020 0.07 1955 52109 0.09 1956 59058 0.1 1957 69977 0.11 1958 143418 0.23 1959 196861 0.31 1960 212947 0.33 1961 150579 0.23 1962 120110 0.18 1963 119110 0.17 1964 119172 0.17 1965 129823 0.18 1966 142592 0.19 1967 118165 0.16 1968 127900 0.17 1969 157442 0.2 1970 210458 0.26 1971 239100 0.29 1972 254085 0.3 1973 264167 0.3 1974 269476 0.3 1975 312460 0.34 1976 326254 0.35 1977 364151 0.39 1978 407689 0.43 1979 416489 0.43 1980 406986 0.41 1981 402925 0.41 1982 431228 0.43 1983 454686 0.45 1984 494336 0.48 1985 535873 0.51 1986 563480 0.53 1987 601230 0.56 1988 644453 0.59 1989 654736 0.58 1990 658554 0.58 1991 691477 0.6 1992 721435 0.62 1993 770198 0.65 1994 818071 0.69 1995 884717 0.73 1996 925971 0.76 1997 914868 0.74 1998 866141 0.7 1999 905017 0.72 2000 928868 0.74 2001 951440 0.75 2002 1009577 0.79 2003 1187244 0.92 2004 1390675 1.07 2005 1534244 1.18 2006 1664589 1.27 2007 1801659 0 2008 1922687 0 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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