Environment in China

3,891 indicators covering environment for China.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import value 645,615 1000 USD 2024 up 72.6% 1st
Printing and writing papers — Export quantity 3.56 million t 2024 up 5.1% 1st
Printing and writing papers — Export value 3.34 million 1000 USD 2024 up 3.4% 2nd
Pulp for paper — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 3.7% 10th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 7.2% 8th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.6352 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 73.9% 46th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.6159 t per square kilometre 2023 up 76.7% 43rd
Carbon intensity of GDP 0.3907 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 2024 down 31.2% 13th
Wood pulp — Import value, per capita 0.0154 1000 USD per person 2024 up 68.4% 16th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per capita 0.022 t per person 2024 up 61.6% 14th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1.4% 10th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 2.1% 8th
Watermelons — Yield 43,629 kg/ha 2024 up 10.8% 23rd
Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre 0.2595 t per square kilometre 2023 up 43.6% 74th
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita 0.17 kg/cap 2024 down 32.0% 132nd
Other fibreboard — Export quantity 15,695 m3 2024 down 6.5% 21st
Other fibreboard — Export value 12,203 1000 USD 2024 up 8.6% 18th
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 637,734 t 2024 up 140.7% 1st
Wood charcoal — Import value 209,786 1000 USD 2024 up 177.9% 1st
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 14.77 million 1000 Int$ 2024 up 3.1% 1st
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Production 10.80 million t 2024 up 139.8% 1st
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 1.95 kg/ha 2024 down 26.1% 95th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 150,950 t 2024 up 5.5% 11th
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 3.21 million t 2024 up 166.6% 1st
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 43.7% 2024 up 7.4% 89th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 443.6% 2024 up 26.5% 33rd
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 62.7% 2024 up 22.7% 87th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 318.5% 2024 up 26.0% 13th
Coal rents 0.6% 2021 down 82.8% 12th
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 252,919 t 2024 down 27.6% 4th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 68,388 t 2024 down 27.6% 3rd
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 66,344 t 2024 down 27.7% 2nd
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0.4504 t per square kilometre 2023 up 46.0% 13th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 104,811 t 2024 down 27.3% 3rd
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 13.24 million t 2024 down 24.3% 1st
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 34 t 2024 up 21.4% 22nd
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -0.9898 % change on previous year 2024 down 101.9% 69th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 2,667 t 2024 down 28.8% 6th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 10,675 t 2024 down 28.7% 1st
Forest land — Share in Land area 23.93 % 2024 up 8.2% 146th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.5% 6th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.4% 5th
Other land — Area 321,456 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% 5th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.25 g/Int$ 2024 down 37.5% 147th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 5.28 million TJ 2024 up 41.5% 3rd
Fuelwood — Energy production 1.36 million TJ 2024 down 15.6% 4th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 272,986 t 2024 up 486.6% 23rd
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 194,047 1000 USD 2024 up 588.7% 23rd
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% 21st
Asses — Stocks 1.46 million An 2023 down 65.7% 11th
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 31.87 million kg 2023 down 65.7% 11th
Asses — Manure left on pasture 30.27 million kg 2023 down 65.7% 11th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 6.05 million kg 2023 down 65.7% 11th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 9.08 million kg 2023 down 65.7% 11th
Asses — Manure management 1.59 million kg 2023 down 65.7% 7th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 1.59 million kg 2023 down 65.7% 7th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 318,674 kg 2023 down 65.7% 7th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 478,011 kg 2023 down 65.7% 7th
Veneer sheets — Production 2.73 million m3 2024 down 10.0% 1st