China vs Russia: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

China
117.03 million tonnes
in 2024
Russia
47.39 million tonnes
in 2024
China rank
2nd
Russia rank
4th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • China
  • Russia
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How they compare

China currently reports 117.03 million tonnes against 47.39 million tonnes in Russia, a difference of 69.64 million tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 2.5 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 28 times across 117 shared years of data; in 1908 it was China ahead.

China ranks 2nd and Russia ranks 4th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
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Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.