China vs Germany: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil

China

39.19 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany

20.58 billion tonnes

in 2024

China rank

2nd

Germany rank

5th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time

China currently reports 39.19 billion tonnes against 20.58 billion tonnes in Germany, a difference of 18.61 billion tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 1.9 times Germany's.

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

China ranks 2nd and Germany ranks 5th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
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: 215 places, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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