Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF was 62.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF in China (People’s Republic of), 1991–2024
Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Measured in % change from 1990.
Analysis
In 2024, nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in China (People’s Republic of) stood at 62.7%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 62.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 1991.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 87th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.5% | 2.2% | 28.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 43.6% | 25.8% | 57.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.8% | 42.5% | 58.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.1% | 48.7% | 62.7% | 5 |
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More environment data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 73.29 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 105.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 177,011 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 91,039 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 6.10 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 6.54 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 5.76 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf in China (People’s Republic of) was 62.7% in 2024, according to EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission.
- What is the highest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 62.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 1991.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 87th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions (total) excluding lulucf rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as part of Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Change of emissions (as %) of current year with respect to emissions in baseline year 1990 emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF.. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Negative values indicate that the emission level for that year is lower than the emissions level in 1990.