India vs Japan: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
India
17.00 billion tonnes
in 2024
Japan
34.17 billion tonnes
in 2024
India rank
6th
Japan rank
4th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- India
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 34.17 billion tonnes against 17.00 billion tonnes in India, a difference of 17.17 billion tonnes.
That makes Japan's figure about 2.0 times India's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 147 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Japan ahead.
India ranks 6th and Japan ranks 4th of 215 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, India averaged higher in 7 and Japan in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 36,640 tonnes | 310,849 tonnes | 274,209 tonnes | Japan |
| 1880s | 1.24 million tonnes | 1.40 million tonnes | 164,726 tonnes | Japan |
| 1890s | 7.57 million tonnes | 5.20 million tonnes | 2.36 million tonnes | India |
| 1900s | 22.55 million tonnes | 14.29 million tonnes | 8.26 million tonnes | India |
| 1910s | 50.42 million tonnes | 25.43 million tonnes | 24.99 million tonnes | India |
| 1920s | 84.75 million tonnes | 35.02 million tonnes | 49.73 million tonnes | India |
| 1930s | 99.97 million tonnes | 43.27 million tonnes | 56.70 million tonnes | India |
| 1940s | 109.82 million tonnes | 51.68 million tonnes | 58.14 million tonnes | India |
| 1950s | 167.17 million tonnes | 162.36 million tonnes | 4.80 million tonnes | India |
| 1960s | 378.33 million tonnes | 1.21 billion tonnes | 829.71 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 865.26 million tonnes | 5.72 billion tonnes | 4.86 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 1.74 billion tonnes | 11.81 billion tonnes | 10.07 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 3.37 billion tonnes | 18.12 billion tonnes | 14.75 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 6.34 billion tonnes | 24.75 billion tonnes | 18.42 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 10.89 billion tonnes | 30.22 billion tonnes | 19.33 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 2020s | 15.57 billion tonnes | 33.43 billion tonnes | 17.86 billion tonnes | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, India or Japan?
- Japan, at 34.17 billion tonnes against 17.00 billion tonnes in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between India and Japan?
- 17.17 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 from oil?
- India ranks 6th and Japan ranks 4th 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 from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.