China vs India: Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions

China

12.29 billion tonnes

in 2024

India

3.19 billion tonnes

in 2024

China rank

1st

India rank

3rd

Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions over time

China currently reports 12.29 billion tonnes against 3.19 billion tonnes in India, a difference of 9.10 billion tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 3.8 times India's.

Across all 60 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 215 countries.

Indicator: Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions
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: 216 places, 12,568 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.