Brazil vs India: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Brazil

2.28 tonnes per person

in 2024

India

2.2 tonnes per person

in 2024

Brazil rank

126th

India rank

129th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

Brazil
India

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 2.28 tonnes per person against 2.2 tonnes per person in India, a difference of 0.0774 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 156 shared years of data; in 1858 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 126th and India ranks 129th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.