India vs Japan: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions

India

6.7%

in 2023

Japan

3.0%

in 2023

India rank

3rd

Japan rank

5th

Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions over time

India currently reports 6.7% against 3.0% in Japan, a difference of 3.7%.

That makes India's figure about 2.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.

India ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 5th 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.