Environment in China

3,891 indicators covering environment for China.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Wood chips and particles — Export quantity 1,957 m3 2024 up 2,316.1% 65th
Wood chips and particles — Export value 767 1000 USD 2024 up 1,269.6% 56th
Other industrial roundwood, coniferous (production) — Production 10.17 million m3 2024 up 17.2% 3rd
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0564 m3 per person 2024 up 17.1% 49th
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.1% 83rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 1.38 million 1000 USD 2024 up 44.7% 1st
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 4.52 million m3 2024 up 23.8% 1st
Industrial roundwood — Production, per square kilometre 18.99 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% 50th
Household and sanitary papers — Export quantity 410,647 t 2024 up 68.6% 4th
Household and sanitary papers — Export value 444,939 1000 USD 2024 up 19.9% 5th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.5% 65th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 18,994 m3 2024 down 64.1% 68th
Wood chips and particles — Import quantity 19.50 million m3 2024 up 19.9% 2nd
Wood chips and particles — Import value 3.33 million 1000 USD 2024 up 99.7% 1st
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export value 9,302 1000 USD 2024 down 77.7% 53rd
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per square 15.65 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% 32nd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Export quantity 117,224 t 2024 up 26.5% 1st
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Export value 175,919 1000 USD 2024 up 55.9% 1st
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Production 5.10 million t 2024 down 32.4% 1st
Particle board — Import quantity 1.37 million m3 2024 up 127.5% 2nd
Particle board — Import value 402,074 1000 USD 2024 up 193.5% 2nd
Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals 20.1% 2022 up 66.6% 91st
Other industrial roundwood — Production, per capita 0.0384 m3 per person 2024 down 7.8% 26th
Inland waters — Area, per capita 0 1000 ha per person 2024 down 2.6% 93rd
Inland waters — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 43.0% 93rd
Other industrial roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.0% 49th
Wood pulp — Production 27.72 million t 2024 up 161.3% 2nd
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Processes 7.6 Mt CO2e 2024 up 29.6% 1st
Industrial water as a share of total water withdrawals 17.7% 2022 down 24.9% 59th
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, per square kilometre 9.31 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% 55th
Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 0.0311 m3 per person 2024 down 11.7% 27th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, per square 7.84 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% 40th
Exposure to air pollution from human sources 29.57 micrograms per cubic meter 2024 down 39.2% 24th
Exposure to outdoor air pollution 31.3 µg/m³ 2024 down 40.0% 39th
Newsprint — Production 727,000 t 2024 down 77.8% 6th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Export quantity 22,351 m3 2024 up 96.0% 46th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Export value 2,307 1000 USD 2024 up 9.1% 45th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Export quantity 22,351 m3 2024 up 96.0% 46th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Export value 2,307 1000 USD 2024 up 9.1% 45th
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 12,058 1000 ha 2022 up 49.8% 1st
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC 182,511 1000 ha 2022 down 6.4% 1st
Woody crops — Area from CCI_LC 33,450 1000 ha 2022 up 26.6% 1st
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC 286,755 1000 ha 2022 down 1.3% 1st
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 188,821 1000 ha 2022 up 1.9% 4th
Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 243.8 1000 ha 2022 up 16.8% 21st
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 23,500 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% 14th
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 3,297 1000 ha 2022 down 1.8% 10th
Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 25,339 1000 ha 2022 up 12.2% 9th
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 164,736 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% 3rd
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC 6,388 1000 ha 2022 unchanged 4th
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC 13,140 1000 ha 2022 up 2.0% 6th
Hardboard — Import quantity 40,442 m3 2024 up 25.5% 24th
Hardboard — Import value 40,543 1000 USD 2024 up 35.5% 17th
Fibreboard — Production 48.29 million m3 2024 down 23.9% 1st
Other industrial roundwood — Production, per square kilometre 5.33 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% 16th
Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Import quantity 127,066 m3 2024 down 63.3% 33rd
Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Import value 62,248 1000 USD 2024 down 54.6% 30th
Particle board — Export quantity 572,452 m3 2024 up 338.2% 17th
Particle board — Export value 227,593 1000 USD 2024 up 167.2% 14th
Inland waters — Area, per square kilometre 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% 69th