Environment in China

3,891 indicators covering environment for China.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Mules and hinnies — Share in total livestock 0.1 %LSU 2023 down 67.7% 45th
Mules and hinnies — Stocks 262,860 LSU 2023 down 68.3% 5th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 7.65 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 21.1% 91st
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Area 3,610 1000 ha 2024 up 87.0% 6th
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land 0.92 % 2024 up 95.7% 92nd
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre 7.55 t per square kilometre 2023 up 49.7% 19th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 5,415 1000 USD 2024 down 66.1% 34th
Other vegetal material and residues — Energy production 3.65 million TJ 2024 up 102.5% 1st
Forest rents 0.1% 2021 down 57.0% 124th
Water withdrawals per capita 426.13 cubic meters per person 2023 down 5.0% 68th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Production 89.98 million t 2024 up 34.1% 1st
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 29.39 2022 up 93.3% 81st
Exported deforestation 86,523 hectares 2023 up 59.8% 4th
Imported deforestation 231,151 hectares 2023 down 39.2% 1st
Deforestation embedded in trade 144,628 hectares 2023 down 55.7% 2nd
Consumption-based deforestation per person 3.79 square meters 2023 down 9.1% 89th
Dissolving wood pulp — Production 1.08 million t 2024 up 76.4% 3rd
Other vegetal material and residues — Energy consumption 3.03 million TJ 2024 up 105.7% 1st
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.0708 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 57.0% 106th
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 36,101 Square kilometres 2024 up 87.0% 5th
Industrial water withdrawal 103.04 billion cubic meters 2023 down 26.7% 2nd
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 40.44 million 1000 USD 2024 up 65.7% 1st
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 2,929 t 2016 down 96.0% 19th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 2,112 1000 USD 2016 down 94.3% 15th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 13,210 Patents 2023 up 123.5% 4th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Export value 87,421 1000 USD 2024 up 0.8% 6th
Total official financial flows for water supply and sanitation, by recipient 76.15 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 55.1% 32nd
Case materials — Production 64.26 million t 2024 up 40.3% 1st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 55,112 t 2016 down 19.8% 6th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 31,705 1000 USD 2016 down 24.3% 5th
Pulpwood, round and split (production) — Production 43.94 million m3 2024 up 60.7% 6th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 528,508 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% 2nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 119,473 Hectares 2020 down 1.6% 5th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 135,674 Hectares 2020 down 0.3% 4th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 219,978 Hectares 2020 up 9.7% 6th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 942,470 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% 3rd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 282,618 t 2024 up 58,292.1% 3rd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 62,044 1000 USD 2024 up 28,491.7% 3rd
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 34,380 Square kilometres 2023 up 63.7% 6th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 1,763 Patents 2022 down 40.9% 5th
Wood residues — Production 104.00 million m3 2024 up 14.3% 1st
Buffalo — Stocks 31.53 million An 2023 up 16.9% 3rd
Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure 1.40 billion kg 2023 up 16.9% 3rd
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture 734.65 million kg 2023 up 16.9% 2nd
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 146.93 million kg 2023 up 16.9% 2nd
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture that leaches 220.40 million kg 2023 up 16.9% 2nd
Buffalo — Manure management 629.70 million kg 2023 up 16.9% 2nd
Buffalo — Losses from manure treated 229.49 million kg 2023 up 16.9% 1st
Buffalo — Manure applied to soils 400.21 million kg 2023 up 16.9% 2nd
Buffalo — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 80.04 million kg 2023 up 16.9% 2nd
Buffalo — Manure applied to soils that leaches 120.06 million kg 2023 up 16.9% 2nd
Wood chips, particles and residues — Production 148.38 million m3 2024 up 10.6% 1st
Pulpwood, round and split, non-coniferous (production) — Production 35.27 million m3 2024 up 58.6% 3rd
Freshwater Fish — Import quantity 640 1000 t 2023 up 45.8% 2nd
Freshwater Fish — Domestic supply quantity 26,976 1000 t 2023 up 14.9% 1st
Freshwater Fish — Food 25,976 1000 t 2023 up 12.9% 1st
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity 17.86 kg/cap 2023 up 9.4% 7th
Total donations received for biodiversity conservation 9.65 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 83.2% 83rd
Buffalo — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged 14th
Buffalo — Share in total livestock 8.2 %LSU 2023 up 14.8% 11th