India vs Japan: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

India

3.19 billion tonnes

in 2024

Japan

961.87 million tonnes

in 2024

India rank

3rd

Japan rank

5th

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

India currently reports 3.19 billion tonnes against 961.87 million tonnes in Japan, a difference of 2.23 billion tonnes.

That makes India's figure about 3.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 147 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Japan ahead.

India ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 5th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
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: 216 places, 23,583 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.