China vs Germany: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

China

285.09 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany

95.14 billion tonnes

in 2024

China rank

2nd

Germany rank

4th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

China currently reports 285.09 billion tonnes against 95.14 billion tonnes in Germany, a difference of 189.95 billion tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 3.0 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 118 shared years of data; in 1907 it was Germany ahead.

China ranks 2nd and Germany ranks 4th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative 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: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.