China vs Germany: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas

China

9.63 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany

7.66 billion tonnes

in 2024

China rank

3rd

Germany rank

6th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas over time

China currently reports 9.63 billion tonnes against 7.66 billion tonnes in Germany, a difference of 1.97 billion tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 1.3 times Germany's.

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

China ranks 3rd and Germany ranks 6th of 146 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
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: 146 places, 14,474 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.