Germany vs India: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change

Germany
94.91 billion tonnes
in 2024
India
105.59 billion tonnes
in 2024
Germany rank
6th
India rank
5th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change over time

  • Germany
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 105.59 billion tonnes against 94.91 billion tonnes in Germany, a difference of 10.69 billion tonnes.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 156 shared years of data; in 1858 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 6th and India ranks 5th of 194 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change
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
194 places, 20,936 data points, 1850–2024
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Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.