Canada vs India: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Canada
2.5%
in 2024
India
2.7%
in 2024
Canada rank
8th
India rank
6th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Canada
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 2.7% against 2.5% in Canada, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 156 shared years of data; in 1858 it was India ahead.
Canada ranks 8th and India ranks 6th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 12 and India in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1860s | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | Canada |
| 1870s | 2.1% | 0.0% | 2.1% | Canada |
| 1880s | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% | Canada |
| 1890s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | India |
| 1900s | 0.7% | 1.8% | 1.1% | India |
| 1910s | 0.7% | 1.9% | 1.1% | India |
| 1920s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | India |
| 1930s | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% | Canada |
| 1940s | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.3% | Canada |
| 1950s | 2.4% | 0.4% | 2.0% | Canada |
| 1960s | 3.0% | 0.5% | 2.4% | Canada |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 0.6% | 2.4% | Canada |
| 1980s | 2.9% | 0.8% | 2.1% | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.7% | 1.1% | 1.6% | Canada |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 1.5% | 1.1% | Canada |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 0.5% | Canada |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 0.1% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Canada or India?
- India, at 2.7% against 2.5% in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Canada and India?
- 0.2%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and India?
- 156 years are reported by both, from 1858 to 2024.
- How do Canada and India rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Canada ranks 8th and India ranks 6th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.