Environment in China

3,891 indicators covering environment for China.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 54.2% 38th
Paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 4.94 % change on previous year 2024 up 44.2% 28th
Veneer sheets — Import value, annual growth rate 15.78 % change on previous year 2024 down 5.7% 58th
Dissolving wood pulp — Import quantity 4.14 million t 2024 up 85.7% 1st
Dissolving wood pulp — Import value 3.96 million 1000 USD 2024 up 89.3% 1st
Paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate -0.0122 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.1% 114th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0616 m3 per person 2024 down 19.2% 122nd
Wood fuel — Production, per capita 0.1034 m3 per person 2024 down 19.2% 116th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.1742 m3 per person 2024 down 1.0% 106th
Roundwood — Production, per capita 0.24 m3 per person 2024 down 2.6% 111th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, annual growth rate 13.15 % change on previous year 2024 down 26.1% 57th
Primary Forest — Area 12,953 1000 ha 2025 up 8.4% 15th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity 24.49 million t 2024 up 72.0% 1st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import value 16.42 million 1000 USD 2024 up 78.5% 1st
Roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0014 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 64.2% 106th
Roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0052 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 30.7% 109th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.9% 47th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.3% 46th
Recovered paper — Import quantity 1.77 million t 2024 down 93.8% 10th
Recovered paper — Import value 323,795 1000 USD 2024 down 94.1% 10th
Annual change in forest area 1.61 million hectares 2025 down 16.8% 1st
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.7% 2025 down 23.0% 15th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.7% 2025 down 23.0% 14th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 1.61 million hectares 2025 down 16.8% 1st
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per capita 0.003 t per person 2024 down 7.0% 23rd
Fibreboard — Export quantity 3.75 million m3 2024 up 10.6% 2nd
Fibreboard — Export value 1.37 million 1000 USD 2024 down 16.5% 2nd
Other paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 5.43 % change on previous year 2024 up 4.7% 26th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0658 m3 per person 2024 down 6.8% 51st
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year 2024 down 89.5% 81st
Forest land — Area 227,153 1000 ha 2025 up 8.0% 7th
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 134,550 1000 ha 2025 up 2.5% 9th
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 59.23 % 2025 down 5.1% 209th
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 0.8837 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 109.4% 31st
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate 10.05 % change on previous year 2024 down 80.7% 86th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 151,614 t 2024 up 71.9% 6th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 316,508 1000 USD 2024 up 55.7% 3rd
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 61,360 m3 2024 down 63.2% 52nd
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 8,554 m3 2024 down 88.7% 51st
Other fibreboard — Import value 2,625 1000 USD 2024 down 85.4% 49th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 1.43 % change on previous year 2024 up 128.8% 26th
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0102 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 42.0% 145th
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0167 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 61.6% 146th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 32,581 1000 USD 2024 down 74.0% 45th
Planted Forest — Area 92,603 1000 ha 2025 up 17.2% 2nd
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 40.77 % 2025 up 8.5% 34th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 27.08 million m3 2024 down 11.2% 6th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0013 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 65.7% 99th
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0051 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 31.8% 100th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 529,106 1000 USD 2024 up 58.1% 21st
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -14.17 % change on previous year 2024 down 125.0% 109th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 1.20 million t 2024 down 0.9% 24th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 330,549 t 2024 up 7.6% 12th
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0017 t per person 2024 up 39.8% 99th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 52.7% 115th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0419 m3 per person 2024 down 19.2% 33rd
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 52.7% 113th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.0% 106th
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.0% 113th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.9488 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% 15th