Environment in China

3,891 indicators covering environment for China.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical 7.10 million m3 2018 down 36.2% 1st
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import 41.89 million m3 2018 up 123.7% 1st
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import 5.83 million 1000 USD 2018 up 139.5% 1st
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) — Forest products (export/import) 306,299 1000 USD 2018 down 29.7% 5th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Paper and 22,493 t 2018 up 30.2% 10th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Paper and 39,508 1000 USD 2018 down 19.7% 7th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Import quantity 4,382 m3 2024 up 2,860.8% 38th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Import value 7,301 1000 USD 2024 up 10,962.1% 15th
Water accounts - assets — Precipitations 6,173 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 4th
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, coniferous -53.11 million m3 2018 down 54,447.0% 151st
United States of America — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 945,239 t 2018 up 2.1% 2nd
United States of America — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 889,312 1000 USD 2018 up 53.8% 3rd
Total FAO — Wood pulp — Import Quantity 25.33 million t 2018 up 144.4% 1st
Total FAO — Wood pulp — Import Value 20.17 million 1000 USD 2018 up 183.1% 1st
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous -616,284 1000 USD 2018 down 133.8% 151st
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous -2.65 million m3 2018 down 169.9% 151st
Others (adjustment) — Wood pulp — Import Quantity 662,055 t 2018 up 449.4% 1st
Others (adjustment) — Wood pulp — Import Value 482,992 1000 USD 2018 up 2,262.5% 1st
Indonesia — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 3.35 million 1000 USD 2018 up 155.6% 1st
Sweden — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 519,036 t 2018 up 47.9% 5th
Sweden — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 534,378 1000 USD 2018 up 122.4% 4th
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) — Paper and paperboard, excluding 20,978 t 2018 down 47.6% 14th
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) — Paper and paperboard, excluding 18,610 1000 USD 2018 down 19.5% 17th
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, coniferous 31,237 1000 USD 2018 down 92.8% 1st
Land Surface Temperature 18.75 2021 up 2.7% 145th
Austria — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 289,737 1000 USD 2018 up 266.8% 8th
Brazil — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 5.29 million 1000 USD 2018 up 385.7% 1st
Spain — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 173,269 1000 USD 2018 up 21.2% 7th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Production 1.71 million t 2016 unchanged 2nd
Wood pellets — Export quantity 7,347 t 2024 down 95.6% 44th
Wood pellets — Export value 1,942 1000 USD 2024 down 92.6% 44th
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Export quantity 6,620 t 2024 up 32.9% 35th
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Export value 2,481 1000 USD 2024 up 112.1% 27th
Water accounts - assets — Evaporation and actual evapotranspiration 3,332 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 3rd
Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value 297,367 1000 USD 2008 up 613.5% 6th
Indonesia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 972,196 t 2018 up 108.6% 1st
Indonesia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 668,293 1000 USD 2018 up 213.0% 1st
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 81.2% 2017 down 13.9% 37th
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 97.2% 2017 down 1.8% 56th
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 99.9% 2017 down 0.1% 90th
Water accounts - assets — Inflows from other territories 21.4 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 10th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Production 14.69 million m3 2024 up 7,245.0% 1st
Thailand — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 1.80 million 1000 USD 2018 up 260.5% 1st
Spain — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 6,395 t 2018 down 68.0% 31st
Spain — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 9,114 1000 USD 2018 down 55.8% 33rd
Finland — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 1.68 million 1000 USD 2018 up 327.6% 2nd
Forest certified for sustainable use 5.88 million thousands of hectares 2024 down 17.0% 13th
Forest area certified under an independently verified certification 5,875 2024 down 17.0% 15th
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change 13.6% 2022 up 196.6% 105th
Lakes and rivers seasonal water area change 36.2% 2022 up 5,542.9% 178th
Liquid biofuels — Energy production 412,585 TJ 2024 up 23.9% 3rd
Belgium — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 157,073 1000 USD 2018 down 40.0% 7th
Canada — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 5.15 million 1000 USD 2018 up 152.6% 1st
Liquid biofuels — Energy consumption 412,584 TJ 2024 up 24.6% 3rd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Export quantity 193 t 2016 down 74.8% 20th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Export value 185 1000 USD 2016 down 57.1% 19th
Total FAO — Sawnwood, coniferous — Export Quantity 118,573 m3 2018 down 50.4% 40th
Total FAO — Sawnwood, coniferous — Export Value 71,934 1000 USD 2018 down 43.6% 27th
Austria — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 39,905 t 2018 up 59.6% 22nd
Austria — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 75,654 1000 USD 2018 up 472.1% 16th