Year

Annual growth rate

Bimonthly growth rate

Annual C uptake rate

Lhasa

Shiquanhe

Xining

Qabqa

Hotan

1991

-1.48

2.64

5.12

476.3

33.6

243.2

278

39.3

1992

4.90

3.07

5.07

291.7

47.7

425.2

350.3

61.7

1993

-0.29

1.84

3.77

537.2

56.1

420.9

397.5

69

1994

2.95

2.45

5.65

371.8

73.3

418.1

290

62.9

1997

No data

2.22

3.87

321.5

53

409.9

312.9

10.6

1998

1.19

2.46

1.53

580.9

55.4

460.3

299.7

32.6

1999

2.60

1.98

3.69

538.1

116.4

411.9

308.6

32.3

2000

3.04

2.33

3.14

529.7

120.8

343

244

19.2

2001

-2.16

3.09

4.01

492.3

52.9

397.8

336.2

26

2002

2.84

2.18

2.36

539.3

104.8

387.7

316.8

63.8

2003

6.09

2.11

1.23

549.7

40.6

537.9

266.7

86.1

2004

2.23

3.69

3.37

555.2

35.6

429.5

359.3

40.3

2005

-0.79

0.46

3.81

490.3

42.7

484.1

377

88.4

2006

4.24

3.62

3.49

339.3

101.3

352.3

332.1

41.7

2007

-0.05

3.37

3.32

477.3

33.4

523.1

332.9

23.8

2008

3.58

2.82

4.29

533.8

80

378.6

353.6

34.3

2009

0.61

4.41

4.51

344

25.3

459.1

340.1

19.2

2010

3.95

2.32

3.29

359.8

91.1

405

328.8

111.9

2011

0.02

3.27

2.5

425.4

58

390.4

314.5

11.4

2012

1.72

-0.39

0.72

365.2

47.9

446.1

332.4

77.8

2013

4.62

5.66

4.27

565.2

111

413.6

275.7

44.5

2014

-0.45

3.59

4.93

637.8

48.2

446.5

351.6

34.7

2015

3.00

1.71

1.22

340

138.2

306.2

308.9

36.5

2016

3.86

4.05

2.45

551.6

59.3

446.5

464.2

49.6

2017

2.88

2.17

2.14

552.2

132.1

453.1

353.5

83.7

2018

3.24

3.41

3.89

535.2

93.3

518.9

523.7

66.7

2019

-0.77

2.73

0.94

491

119.9

536.5

418.5

62.9

2020

2.67

3.09

2.73

428.1

23

432.8

369.6

49.2