China vs India: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources

China
0.1704 °C
in 2024
India
0.0412 °C
in 2024
China rank
2nd
India rank
5th

Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources over time

  • China
  • India
00.050.10.15185119372024

How they compare

China currently reports 0.1704 °C against 0.0412 °C in India, a difference of 0.1292 °C.

That makes China's figure about 4.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was India ahead.

China ranks 2nd and India ranks 5th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources
Unit
°C
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 37,236 data points, 1851–2024
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Measured in °C.