India vs Japan: Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region
India
66.07 billion tonnes
in 2024
Japan
69.61 billion tonnes
in 2024
India rank
7th
Japan rank
6th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region 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 by world region, 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 by world region 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 by world region?
- India ranks 7th and Japan ranks 6th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.