China accounted for 27 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, making it the world's largest emitter that year. China's share of annual greenhouse gas emissions has doubled over the past two decades due to rapid industrialization.
China's share in the global carbon emissions in selected years from 2002 to 2021
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Rhodium Group. (December 19, 2022). China's share in the global carbon emissions in selected years from 2002 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 25, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037051/china-global-carbon-emission-share/
Rhodium Group. "China's share in the global carbon emissions in selected years from 2002 to 2021." Chart. December 19, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037051/china-global-carbon-emission-share/
Rhodium Group. (2022). China's share in the global carbon emissions in selected years from 2002 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037051/china-global-carbon-emission-share/
Rhodium Group. "China's Share in The Global Carbon Emissions in Selected Years from 2002 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037051/china-global-carbon-emission-share/
Rhodium Group, China's share in the global carbon emissions in selected years from 2002 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037051/china-global-carbon-emission-share/ (last visited September 25, 2023)
China's share in the global carbon emissions in selected years from 2002 to 2021 [Graph], Rhodium Group, December 19, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037051/china-global-carbon-emission-share/