TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇨🇳 China
World rank #1 · Asia · Same as 3.8 billion cars driven for a year
3.8 billion
cars driven for a year
17.5 Gt = gigatonne: one billion tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +2.8%/yr
China ranks #1 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 17.5 Gt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.AsiaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
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Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
18Angang Steel Co Ltd= 11M cars/yr50.7 Mt CO₂eNEW31Shaanxi Qingshuichuan Energy Co Ltd= 4.5M cars/yr20.7 Mt CO₂eNEW36Maanshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd= 6.4M cars/yr29.2 Mt CO₂eNEW56Hunan Valin Lianyuan Iron and Steel Co Ltd= 6M cars/yr27.4 Mt CO₂eNEW62Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co Ltd= 6.1M cars/yr28.2 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (50)
64PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Branch Co= 5.5M cars/yr25.3 Mt CO₂eNEW70Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd= 5.3M cars/yr24.4 Mt CO₂eNEW71Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd= 5.3M cars/yr24.2 Mt CO₂eNEW74Wuhan Iron and Steel Co Ltd= 5.5M cars/yr25.1 Mt CO₂eNEW77Zhejiang Zheneng Jiahua Power Generator Co Ltd= 4.9M cars/yr22.6 Mt CO₂eNEW78CHN ENERGY Yuedian Taishan POWER Generationg Co Ltd= 4.9M cars/yr22.4 Mt CO₂eNEW83Bengang Steel Plates Co Ltd= 4.8M cars/yr21.9 Mt CO₂eNEW84Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co Ltd= 4.6M cars/yr20.9 Mt CO₂eNEW88Rizhao Steel Holding Group Co Ltd= 4.4M cars/yr20.3 Mt CO₂eNEW98Guangdong Huaxia Power Development Co Ltd= 4.4M cars/yr20.5 Mt CO₂eNEW99Anhui Huainan Pingwei Power Generation Co Ltd= 4.4M cars/yr20.1 Mt CO₂eNEW105Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co Ltd= 4.5M cars/yr20.6 Mt CO₂eNEW110Zhejiang Guohua Zheneng Power Generation Co Ltd= 4.3M cars/yr19.8 Mt CO₂eNEW112Huayang Electric Power Co Ltd= 4.1M cars/yr18.9 Mt CO₂eNEW113Huaneng Shantou Haimen Power Generation Co Ltd= 4.1M cars/yr18.7 Mt CO₂eNEW114Huaneng International Power Co Ltd Yuhuan Power Plant= 3.9M cars/yr18.2 Mt CO₂eNEW117Jurong Power Generation Branch of Huadian Jiangsu Energy Co Ltd= 4M cars/yr18.6 Mt CO₂eNEW118Huaneng Qinbei Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.9M cars/yr18.1 Mt CO₂eNEW120Xinyu Iron & Steel Corp Ltd= 3.9M cars/yr17.8 Mt CO₂eNEW121Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co Ltd= 3.8M cars/yr17.3 Mt CO₂eNEW125Gansu Power Investment Changle Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.9M cars/yr18 Mt CO₂eNEW126Hubei Energy Group Ezhou Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.8M cars/yr17.7 Mt CO₂eNEW135Tianjin Sdic Jinneng Electric Power Co Ltd= 3.8M cars/yr17.3 Mt CO₂eNEW139Guoneng (Suizhong) Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.7M cars/yr16.9 Mt CO₂eNEW140Xinjiang Sixth Agricultural Division Coal Power Co Ltd= 3.7M cars/yr16.9 Mt CO₂eNEW143Zouping Binneng Energy Technology Co Ltd= 3.6M cars/yr16.6 Mt CO₂eNEW146Liuzhou IRON&STEEL Co Ltd= 3.6M cars/yr16.6 Mt CO₂eNEW149Shandong IRON&STEEL Group Rizhao Co Ltd= 3.3M cars/yr15.3 Mt CO₂eNEW150Liaocheng Xinyuan Group Co Ltd= 3.6M cars/yr16.8 Mt CO₂eNEW152HUA NENG Yimin Coal and POWER Co Ltd= 3.5M cars/yr16.1 Mt CO₂eNEW158Jiangsu Ligang Electric POWER Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.8 Mt CO₂eNEW163China Huadian Ningxia Lingwu Electric POWER Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.9 Mt CO₂eNEW164Zhangjiagagn Shazhou Electric POWER Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.7 Mt CO₂eNEW165Jiangsu Sheyanggang Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.9 Mt CO₂eNEW166Zhejiang Zheneng Yueqing Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.9 Mt CO₂eNEW168SGIS Songshan Co Ltd= 3M cars/yr13.8 Mt CO₂eNEW169Hebei Donghai SPECIAL Steel Group Co Ltd= 3.3M cars/yr15.2 Mt CO₂eNEW170Datang Yangcheng Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.7 Mt CO₂eNEW172Shanxi Xingneng Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.1M cars/yr14 Mt CO₂eNEW173SDIC Qinzhou Electric POWER Co Ltd= 3M cars/yr13.9 Mt CO₂eNEW174Shanghai Meishan Iron & Steel Co Ltd= 2.8M cars/yr13 Mt CO₂eNEW177Guangdongdatanginternationalchaozhoupower Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.6 Mt CO₂eNEW179INNER MONGOLIA Datang International Tuoketuo POWER Genration Co Ltd= 3.1M cars/yr14.2 Mt CO₂eNEW180INNER MONGOLIA Datang International Tuoketuo POWER Genration Co Ltd= 3.1M cars/yr14.2 Mt CO₂eNEW181China Resources Power (Xuzhou) Co Ltd= 3.1M cars/yr14 Mt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angang Steel Co Ltd | Manufacturing | 38 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Baise Prefecture City | Manufacturing | 33.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Maanshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd | Manufacturing | 29.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Togtoh power station | Power | 28.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co Ltd | Manufacturing | 28.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| China_North China_Heavy oil | Fossil Fuels | 25.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| China_Ordos_Tight gas | Fossil Fuels | 25.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Wuhan Iron and Steel Co Ltd | Manufacturing | 25.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd Headquarters | Manufacturing | 24.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd | Manufacturing | 24.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Changshu-2 power station | Power | 23.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Jiaxing power station | Power | 22.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Taishan power station | Power | 22.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Fengcheng power station | Power | 22.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Bengang Steel Plates Co Ltd | Manufacturing | 21.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population