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India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

CO₂ emissions per person

Carbon dioxide emitted per person a year. India's is a fraction of the world average and a small fraction of the rich economies' — the number at the centre of its case that the historical responsibility for warming is not its own. It must be read beside the total, not instead of it.

Position from worst
2.17
2024
Published by
World Bank
annual

CO₂ emissions per person over time

00.511.522.519701979198819972006201520242.17
1970–2024 · 55 observations · lower is better · tonnes per person
View as table
PeriodCO₂ emissions per person
20242.17
20232.1
20221.97
20211.84
20201.68
20191.84
20181.86
20171.8
20161.72
20151.72
20141.71
20131.6
20121.58
20111.46
20101.39
20091.32
20081.26
20071.19
20061.11
20051.05
20041.03
20030.97
20020.958
20010.94
20000.942
19990.926
19980.884
19970.878
19960.851
19950.829
19940.79
19930.759
19920.742
19910.731
19900.694
19890.674
19880.643
19870.62
19860.593
19850.558
19840.547
19830.508
19820.489
19810.475
19800.442
19790.429
19780.409
19770.427
19760.429
19750.411
19740.395
19730.377
19720.388
19710.382
19700.39

Compared with

Nepal
0.536
Bangladesh
0.716
Pakistan
0.812
Sri Lanka
1.06
India
2.17
Brazil
2.32
Indonesia
2.87
Vietnam
4.27
South Africa
6.88
Germany
6.94
Japan
7.84
China
9.32
United States
13.6
Latest available year for each country · tonnes per person · lower is better

Source

World Bank — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5