India vs Japan: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions

India

2.54 billion tonnes

in 2023

Japan

1.14 billion tonnes

in 2023

India rank

3rd

Japan rank

5th

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

India currently reports 2.54 billion tonnes against 1.14 billion tonnes in Japan, a difference of 1.40 billion tonnes.

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 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.