Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in India
India: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions was 1.77 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in India, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in India is 1.77 tonnes per person, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in India peaked at 1.77 tonnes per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6744 tonnes per person, in 1990.
That places India 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7576 tonnes per person | 0.6744 tonnes per person | 0.8881 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9792 tonnes per person | 0.8536 tonnes per person | 1.24 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.44 tonnes per person | 1.26 tonnes per person | 1.63 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.62 tonnes per person | 1.49 tonnes per person | 1.77 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 91 Morocco 1.85 tonnes per person compare
- 92 Philippines 1.84 tonnes per person compare
- 93 El Salvador 1.78 tonnes per person compare
- 95 Nepal 1.59 tonnes per person compare
- 96 Guatemala 1.4 tonnes per person compare
- 97 Tajikistan 1.25 tonnes per person compare
More climate change data for India
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 14.8% (2100)
- Population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Population, total 1.46 billion (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.8% (2025)
- Urban population 522.44 million (2025)
- Urban population 35.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 2.2 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 66.07 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 2.2 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 2.2 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in India?
- Per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in India was 1.77 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 tonnes per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6744 tonnes per person in 1990.
- How does India rank for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- India ranks 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.