Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in China
China: Heating Degree Days, gaps filled was 7,732 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in China, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
China recorded 7,732 for heating degree days, gaps filled in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, heating degree days, gaps filled in China peaked at 9,102 in 1967 and was at its lowest, 7,732, in 2024.
China ranks 11th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8,687 | — |
| 1961 | 8,657 | -0.3% |
| 1962 | 8,831 | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 8,665 | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 8,738 | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 8,744 | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 8,767 | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 9,102 | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 8,871 | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 8,919 | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 8,935 | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 8,751 | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 8,845 | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 8,573 | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 8,833 | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 8,559 | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 8,909 | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 8,817 | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 8,667 | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 8,579 | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 8,730 | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 8,691 | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 8,534 | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 8,726 | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 8,873 | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 8,831 | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 8,711 | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 8,421 | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 8,506 | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 8,468 | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 8,295 | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 8,498 | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 8,639 | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 8,494 | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 8,247 | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 8,405 | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 8,634 | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 8,462 | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 8,004 | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 8,085 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 8,558 | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 8,263 | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 8,148 | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 8,256 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 8,168 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 8,438 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 8,070 | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 7,943 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 8,292 | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 8,121 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 8,273 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 8,445 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 8,636 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 8,144 | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 8,119 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 7,921 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 7,965 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 7,934 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 8,146 | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 8,038 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 8,028 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 7,910 | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 7,979 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 7,864 | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 7,732 | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,798 | 8,657 | 9,102 | 10 |
| 1970s | 8,747 | 8,559 | 8,935 | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,649 | 8,421 | 8,873 | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,376 | 8,004 | 8,639 | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,226 | 7,943 | 8,558 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,162 | 7,921 | 8,636 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,903 | 7,732 | 8,028 | 5 |
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More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Cooling Degree Days, annual growth rate 7.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate -15.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, per capita 0.0008 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 9.18 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, annual growth rate 10.7 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is heating degree days, gaps filled in China?
- Heating degree days, gaps filled in China was 7,732 in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 9,102 in 1967.
- What is the lowest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,732 in 2024.
- How does China rank for heating degree days, gaps filled?
- China ranks 11th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is heating degree days, gaps filled rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Heating Degree Days, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Heating Degree Days World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.