Germany vs India: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Germany

768.48 million tonnes

in 2023

India

2.54 billion tonnes

in 2023

Germany rank

6th

India rank

3rd

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

India currently reports 2.54 billion tonnes against 768.48 million tonnes in Germany, a difference of 1.77 billion tonnes.

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

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

Germany ranks 6th and India ranks 3rd of 120 countries.

Indicator: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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: 121 places, 4,098 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes.