India vs Japan: Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas
India
1.9%
in 2024
Japan
2.4%
in 2024
India rank
10th
Japan rank
7th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas over time
- India
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.4% against 1.9% in India, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times India's.
Across all 132 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
India ranks 10th and Japan ranks 7th of 146 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 3.4% | 2.5% | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 3.5% | 2.2% | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 3.6% | 1.8% | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 2.6% | 0.9% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from gas, India or Japan?
- Japan, at 2.4% against 1.9% in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from gas between India and Japan?
- 0.5%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
- 132 years are reported by both, from 1882 to 2024.
- How do India and Japan rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from gas?
- India ranks 10th and Japan ranks 7th of 146 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from gas in the same year.