China vs India: Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal

China

56.2%

in 2024

India

13.3%

in 2024

China rank

1st

India rank

2nd

Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal over time

China currently reports 56.2% against 13.3% in India, a difference of 42.9%.

That makes China's figure about 4.2 times India's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 118 shared years of data; in 1907 it was China ahead.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 179 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from coal in the same year.