Germany vs India: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Germany

95.14 billion tonnes

in 2024

India

66.07 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

4th

India rank

7th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Germany currently reports 95.14 billion tonnes against 66.07 billion tonnes in India, a difference of 29.06 billion tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.4 times India's.

Across all 156 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 4th and India ranks 7th 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.