China vs India: Greenhouse gas emissions
China
14.11 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
India
4.26 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
China rank
1st
India rank
3rd
Greenhouse gas emissions over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 14.11 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 4.26 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in India, a difference of 9.84 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes China's figure about 3.3 times India's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was China ahead.
China ranks 1st 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.