Germany vs Russia: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions

Germany

2.0%

in 2023

Russia

3.7%

in 2023

Germany rank

6th

Russia rank

4th

Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions over time

Russia currently reports 3.7% against 2.0% in Germany, a difference of 1.7%.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.8 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Russia ahead.

Germany ranks 6th and Russia ranks 4th of 117 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.