India vs Japan: Cumulative CO₂ emissions, gaps filled
India
66.07 billion tonnes
in 2024
Japan
69.61 billion tonnes
in 2024
India rank
7th
Japan rank
6th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions, gaps filled over time
- India
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 69.61 billion tonnes against 66.07 billion tonnes in India, a difference of 3.54 billion tonnes.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 147 shared years of data; in 1878 it was India ahead.
India ranks 7th and Japan ranks 6th of 215 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 7.72 million tonnes | 7.88 million tonnes | 157,210 tonnes | Japan |
| 1880s | 21.55 million tonnes | 25.36 million tonnes | 3.81 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1890s | 67.43 million tonnes | 98.50 million tonnes | 31.07 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1900s | 188.99 million tonnes | 306.37 million tonnes | 117.38 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1910s | 443.67 million tonnes | 740.57 million tonnes | 296.90 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1920s | 815.20 million tonnes | 1.45 billion tonnes | 637.64 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1930s | 1.22 billion tonnes | 2.36 billion tonnes | 1.14 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1940s | 1.70 billion tonnes | 3.59 billion tonnes | 1.89 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.33 billion tonnes | 4.77 billion tonnes | 2.44 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1960s | 3.47 billion tonnes | 7.38 billion tonnes | 3.91 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 5.36 billion tonnes | 14.25 billion tonnes | 8.90 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 8.43 billion tonnes | 23.45 billion tonnes | 15.02 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 14.22 billion tonnes | 34.26 billion tonnes | 20.04 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 24.08 billion tonnes | 46.73 billion tonnes | 22.65 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 41.22 billion tonnes | 59.19 billion tonnes | 17.98 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 2020s | 60.01 billion tonnes | 67.63 billion tonnes | 7.61 billion tonnes | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions, gaps filled, India or Japan?
- Japan, at 69.61 billion tonnes against 66.07 billion tonnes in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions, gaps filled between India and Japan?
- 3.54 billion tonnes, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
- 147 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2024.
- How do India and Japan rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions, gaps filled?
- India ranks 7th and Japan ranks 6th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative CO₂ emissions with 84 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.