Brazil vs India: Greenhouse gas emissions
Brazil
2.80 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
India
4.26 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Brazil rank
4th
India rank
3rd
Greenhouse gas emissions over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 4.26 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 2.80 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Brazil, a difference of 1.46 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes India's figure about 1.5 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was India ahead.
Brazil ranks 4th and India ranks 3rd of 199 countries.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.