Cuba vs India: Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions
Cuba
4.1%
in 2024
India
4.3%
in 2024
Cuba rank
44th
India rank
42nd
Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Cuba
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 4.3% against 4.1% in Cuba, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 80 times across 154 shared years of data; in 1859 it was India ahead.
Cuba ranks 44th and India ranks 42nd of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 4 and India in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -6.2% | 61.3% | 67.5% | India |
| 1860s | 14.4% | 0.8% | 13.6% | Cuba |
| 1870s | 1.6% | -4.7% | 6.2% | Cuba |
| 1880s | 1.6% | 9.4% | 7.8% | India |
| 1890s | 2.4% | 9.7% | 7.4% | India |
| 1900s | 8.2% | 9.4% | 1.2% | India |
| 1910s | 4.2% | 6.1% | 1.9% | India |
| 1920s | -5.9% | -0.0% | 5.8% | India |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.9% | India |
| 1940s | -4.5% | 1.5% | 6.0% | India |
| 1950s | 172.5% | 6.1% | 166.4% | Cuba |
| 1960s | 1.4% | 5.8% | 4.5% | India |
| 1970s | 6.4% | 4.5% | 1.8% | Cuba |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 7.0% | 5.7% | India |
| 1990s | -3.2% | 5.9% | 9.1% | India |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 5.3% | 3.8% | India |
| 2010s | -1.9% | 5.0% | 6.9% | India |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 4.3% | 2.5% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in co₂ emissions, Cuba or India?
- India, at 4.3% against 4.1% in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in co₂ emissions between Cuba and India?
- 0.2%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and India?
- 154 years are reported by both, from 1859 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and India rank globally for annual percentage change in co₂ emissions?
- Cuba ranks 44th and India ranks 42nd of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual percentage growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change.