China vs India: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use

China

0.047 °C

in 2024

India

0.0386 °C

in 2024

China rank

3rd

India rank

6th

Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use over time

China currently reports 0.047 °C against 0.0386 °C in India, a difference of 0.0084 °C.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times India's.

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

China ranks 3rd and India ranks 6th of 201 countries.

Indicator: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use
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: 201 places, 34,974 data points, 1851–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in °C.