Germany vs India: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Germany
3.2%
in 2024
India
2.7%
in 2024
Germany rank
5th
India rank
6th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Germany
- India
How they compare
Germany currently reports 3.2% against 2.7% in India, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 156 shared years of data; in 1858 it was India ahead.
Germany ranks 5th and India ranks 6th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 16 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1860s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Germany |
| 1870s | 8.2% | 0.0% | 8.1% | Germany |
| 1880s | 7.0% | 0.6% | 6.4% | Germany |
| 1890s | 6.4% | 1.4% | 5.0% | Germany |
| 1900s | 5.1% | 1.8% | 3.3% | Germany |
| 1910s | 3.4% | 1.9% | 1.6% | Germany |
| 1920s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Germany |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | India |
| 1940s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Germany |
| 1950s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Germany |
| 1960s | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.3% | Germany |
| 1970s | 3.4% | 0.6% | 2.8% | Germany |
| 1980s | 3.8% | 0.8% | 3.1% | Germany |
| 1990s | 3.9% | 1.1% | 2.8% | Germany |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 1.5% | 2.2% | Germany |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 2.1% | 1.4% | Germany |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 2.5% | 0.7% | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Germany or India?
- Germany, at 3.2% against 2.7% in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Germany and India?
- 0.5%, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and India?
- 156 years are reported by both, from 1858 to 2024.
- How do Germany and India rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Germany ranks 5th 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.