India vs Japan: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

India

2.11 billion tonnes

in 2024

Japan

380.97 million tonnes

in 2024

India rank

2nd

Japan rank

5th

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

India currently reports 2.11 billion tonnes against 380.97 million tonnes in Japan, a difference of 1.73 billion tonnes.

That makes India's figure about 5.5 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 147 shared years of data; in 1878 it was India ahead.

India ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 5th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.