TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇹🇼 Taiwan
World rank #34 · Asia · Same as 68.6 million cars driven for a year
68.6 million
cars driven for a year
316 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
falling −0.7%/yr
Taiwan ranks #34 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 316 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.AsiaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#34 of 250
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Top emitters here
9Taiwan Power Co= 20M cars/yr92.1 Mt CO₂eNEW49Formosa Petrochemical Corp= 6.8M cars/yr31.1 Mt CO₂eNEW156China Steel Corp= 3.6M cars/yr16.7 Mt CO₂eNEW364Ho-Ping Power Co= 1.7M cars/yr7.9 Mt CO₂eNEW393Dragon Steel Corp= 1.6M cars/yr7.5 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (30)
648Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp= 760k cars/yr3.5 Mt CO₂eNEW706TCC Group Holdings Co Ltd= 637k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW720Chiahui Power Corp= 607k cars/yr2.8 Mt CO₂eNEW768Sun Ba Power Corp= 546k cars/yr2.5 Mt CO₂eNEW776Ever Power IPP Co Ltd= 532k cars/yr2.4 Mt CO₂eNEW820Formosa Plastics Corp= 635k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW899Asia Cement Corp= 344k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW969Hwa Ya Power Corp= 389k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW978CPC Corporation Taiwan= 383k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW1011Hsin Tao Power Corp= 340k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW1108Star Buck Power Corp= 274k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1178Star Energy Power Corp= 232k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1211Kuo Kuang Power Co Ltd= 217k cars/yr998.2 kt CO₂eNEW1236CPC= 204k cars/yr940.4 kt CO₂eNEW1375Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp= 142k cars/yr651.9 kt CO₂eNEW1428Cheng Loong Corp= 120k cars/yr552.2 kt CO₂eNEW1455Hsin Yu Energy Development Co Ltd= 107k cars/yr491.1 kt CO₂eNEW1556Chang Chun Petrochemical Co Ltd= 72.2k cars/yr332.2 kt CO₂eNEW1567YFY Inc= 64.8k cars/yr298.1 kt CO₂eNEW1572Taiwan Cogeneration Corp= 62.2k cars/yr286.2 kt CO₂eNEW1575Nan Ya Plastics Corp= 56.3k cars/yr258.9 kt CO₂eNEW1610Yieh United Steel Corp= 40.8k cars/yr187.5 kt CO₂eNEW1613Shyeh Sheng Fuat Steel & Iron Works Co Ltd= 39.2k cars/yr180.3 kt CO₂eNEW1621Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp= 32.7k cars/yr150.2 kt CO₂eNEW1630Feng Hsin Steel Co Ltd= 27.4k cars/yr125.9 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taichung power station | Power | 32.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Mailiao power station | Power | 21.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| China Steel Corporation Xiaogang plant | Manufacturing | 14.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Linkou power station | Power | 14.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Datan power station | Power | 12.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Talin power station | Power | 11.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Hsinta power station | Power | 11.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Tunghsiao power station | Power | 8.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Transport | 8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Ho-Ping power station | Power | 7.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| China Steel Dragon Steel Taichung plant | Manufacturing | 7.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Formosa Mailiao Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 5.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Kaohsiung | Transport | 4.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Formosa Petrochemical Corp. , Taiwan, Mailiao | Manufacturing | 3.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Chia-Hui power station | Power | 2.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting better, 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