Germany vs India: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Germany
65.23 billion tonnes
in 2024
India
42.71 billion tonnes
in 2024
Germany rank
3rd
India rank
6th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

  • Germany
  • India
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 65.23 billion tonnes against 42.71 billion tonnes in India, a difference of 22.52 billion tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.5 times India's.

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

Germany ranks 3rd and India ranks 6th of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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
179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
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Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.