China vs India: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
China
117.03 million tonnes
in 2024
India
130.72 million tonnes
in 2024
China rank
2nd
India rank
1st
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- China
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 130.72 million tonnes against 117.03 million tonnes in China, a difference of 13.69 million tonnes.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 32 times across 117 shared years of data; in 1908 it was India ahead.
China ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 215 countries.
Individual pages
About this data
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.