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India vs United States: Methane emissions

India
859.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
United States
818.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
India rank
2nd
United States rank
3rd

Methane emissions over time

  • India
  • United States
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How they compare

India currently reports 859.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 818.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in United States, a difference of 40.95 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was India ahead.

India ranks 2nd and United States ranks 3rd of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.