China vs India: All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions

China
12.61 million kt
in 2023
India
3.18 million kt
in 2023
China rank
1st
India rank
4th

All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions over time

  • China
  • India
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M199020062023

How they compare

China currently reports 12.61 million kt against 3.18 million kt in India, a difference of 9.43 million kt.

That makes China's figure about 4.0 times India's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 4th of 196 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China India Difference Ahead
1990s 3.38 million kt 846,140 kt 2.53 million kt China
2000s 6.14 million kt 1.30 million kt 4.83 million kt China
2010s 10.68 million kt 2.29 million kt 8.39 million kt China
2020s 12.20 million kt 2.84 million kt 9.36 million kt China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher all sectors without lulucf — emissions, China or India?
China, at 12.61 million kt against 3.18 million kt in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in all sectors without lulucf — emissions between China and India?
9.43 million kt, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do China and India rank globally for all sectors without lulucf — emissions?
China ranks 1st and India ranks 4th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
248 places, 8,212 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf