India vs OECD (GCP): Consumption-based CO₂ emissions

India

2.54 billion tonnes

in 2023

OECD (GCP)

13.20 billion tonnes

in 2023

India rank

3rd

OECD (GCP) rank

1st

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

OECD (GCP) currently reports 13.20 billion tonnes against 2.54 billion tonnes in India, a difference of 10.65 billion tonnes.

That makes OECD (GCP)'s figure about 5.2 times India's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, OECD (GCP) has been ahead every year.

India ranks 3rd and OECD (GCP) ranks 1st 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.