Germany vs India: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
Germany
7.7%
in 2024
India
5.0%
in 2024
Germany rank
3rd
India rank
6th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time
- Germany
- India
How they compare
Germany currently reports 7.7% against 5.0% in India, a difference of 2.7%.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.5 times India's.
Across all 156 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 3rd and India ranks 6th of 179 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 7.0% | 0.0% | 7.0% | Germany |
| 1860s | 8.0% | 0.0% | 7.9% | Germany |
| 1870s | 11.3% | 0.0% | 11.2% | Germany |
| 1880s | 12.2% | 0.1% | 12.1% | Germany |
| 1890s | 13.7% | 0.2% | 13.5% | Germany |
| 1900s | 14.7% | 0.3% | 14.4% | Germany |
| 1910s | 15.1% | 0.5% | 14.6% | Germany |
| 1920s | 15.1% | 0.6% | 14.5% | Germany |
| 1930s | 15.0% | 0.8% | 14.2% | Germany |
| 1940s | 15.0% | 0.9% | 14.1% | Germany |
| 1950s | 14.6% | 1.0% | 13.7% | Germany |
| 1960s | 14.6% | 1.1% | 13.5% | Germany |
| 1970s | 14.0% | 1.3% | 12.6% | Germany |
| 1980s | 12.9% | 1.6% | 11.3% | Germany |
| 1990s | 11.7% | 2.1% | 9.6% | Germany |
| 2000s | 10.4% | 2.8% | 7.6% | Germany |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 3.7% | 5.2% | Germany |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 4.7% | 3.2% | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal, Germany or India?
- Germany, at 7.7% against 5.0% in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal between Germany and India?
- 2.7%, 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 global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal?
- Germany ranks 3rd and India ranks 6th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from coal.