China vs India: Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population

China

31.8%

in 2024

India

8.3%

in 2024

China rank

1st

India rank

3rd

Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population over time

China currently reports 31.8% against 8.3% in India, a difference of 23.6%.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 118 shared years of data; in 1907 it was India ahead.

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

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ in the same year.