CO₂ emissions per capita: India
2.2009783 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 156 years from 1858 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2009783 |
| 2023 | 2.1297693 |
| 2022 | 1.9861692 |
| 2021 | 1.8920738 |
| 2020 | 1.7272933 |
| 2019 | 1.8798543 |
| 2018 | 1.8879061 |
| 2017 | 1.7840685 |
| 2016 | 1.7504745 |
| 2015 | 1.6805544 |
| 2014 | 1.6368889 |
| 2013 | 1.5398146 |
| 2012 | 1.5070187 |
| 2011 | 1.3999841 |
| 2010 | 1.3498628 |
| 2009 | 1.3164382 |
| 2008 | 1.2338176 |
| 2007 | 1.1703311 |
| 2006 | 1.1026897 |
| 2005 | 1.0352627 |
| 2004 | 0.9987847 |
| 2003 | 0.95665747 |
| 2002 | 0.94091654 |
| 2001 | 0.92884284 |
| 2000 | 0.9330219 |
| 1999 | 0.92580426 |
| 1998 | 0.8597363 |
| 1997 | 0.8587196 |
| 1996 | 0.8406862 |
| 1995 | 0.7919185 |
| 1994 | 0.7586807 |
| 1993 | 0.7344633 |
| 1992 | 0.72586346 |
| 1991 | 0.69619745 |
| 1990 | 0.668214 |
| 1989 | 0.63905036 |
| 1988 | 0.59431225 |
| 1987 | 0.562909 |
| 1986 | 0.5391722 |
| 1985 | 0.51459557 |
| 1984 | 0.4789781 |
| 1983 | 0.47764838 |
| 1982 | 0.45172426 |
| 1981 | 0.44759268 |
| 1980 | 0.424402 |
| 1979 | 0.41165555 |
| 1978 | 0.40130946 |
| 1977 | 0.40412238 |
| 1976 | 0.39106047 |
| 1975 | 0.38312787 |
| 1974 | 0.3615395 |
| 1973 | 0.35836908 |
| 1972 | 0.35590428 |
| 1971 | 0.34396365 |
| 1970 | 0.33291033 |
| 1969 | 0.33230522 |
| 1968 | 0.33301112 |
| 1967 | 0.31187475 |
| 1966 | 0.31827164 |
| 1965 | 0.31357706 |
| 1964 | 0.29105714 |
| 1963 | 0.30426666 |
| 1962 | 0.2899293 |
| 1961 | 0.26961234 |
| 1960 | 0.25532722 |
| 1959 | 0.23823537 |
| 1958 | 0.23041473 |
| 1957 | 0.22551806 |
| 1956 | 0.20559466 |
| 1955 | 0.20297568 |
| 1954 | 0.19094001 |
| 1953 | 0.18537368 |
| 1952 | 0.18583614 |
| 1951 | 0.18030834 |
| 1950 | 0.17599274 |
| 1949 | 0.15787567 |
| 1948 | 0.14916411 |
| 1947 | 0.14798945 |
| 1946 | 0.14425123 |
| 1945 | 0.14495872 |
| 1944 | 0.129791 |
| 1943 | 0.1259863 |
| 1942 | 0.14350855 |
| 1941 | 0.14319538 |
| 1940 | 0.1399502 |
| 1939 | 0.1326354 |
| 1938 | 0.13681275 |
| 1937 | 0.12410688 |
| 1936 | 0.11361255 |
| 1935 | 0.11721672 |
| 1934 | 0.11374695 |
| 1933 | 0.10327977 |
| 1932 | 0.106686965 |
| 1931 | 0.116237566 |
| 1930 | 0.12841757 |
| 1929 | 0.12776801 |
| 1928 | 0.124054424 |
| 1927 | 0.13091141 |
| 1926 | 0.12604858 |
| 1925 | 0.12771833 |
| 1924 | 0.13069753 |
| 1923 | 0.12333176 |
| 1922 | 0.12101775 |
| 1921 | 0.1239727 |
| 1920 | 0.115977466 |
| 1919 | 0.14359471 |
| 1918 | 0.13188972 |
| 1917 | 0.117483534 |
| 1916 | 0.11253696 |
| 1915 | 0.11136742 |
| 1914 | 0.10660476 |
| 1913 | 0.10591431 |
| 1912 | 0.09608021 |
| 1911 | 0.08363459 |
| 1910 | 0.07948293 |
| 1909 | 0.08200578 |
| 1908 | 0.08500477 |
| 1907 | 0.07472625 |
| 1906 | 0.06747881 |
| 1905 | 0.058772717 |
| 1904 | 0.05781677 |
| 1903 | 0.05197061 |
| 1902 | 0.05125429 |
| 1901 | 0.04676327 |
| 1900 | 0.042496547 |
| 1899 | 0.035929054 |
| 1898 | 0.032682236 |
| 1897 | 0.029601408 |
| 1896 | 0.02732521 |
| 1895 | 0.025301605 |
| 1894 | 0.020229945 |
| 1893 | 0.019993288 |
| 1892 | 0.018952666 |
| 1891 | 0.017284516 |
| 1890 | 0.016115412 |
| 1889 | 0.014703709 |
| 1888 | 0.01254896 |
| 1887 | 0.011375645 |
| 1886 | 0.01036802 |
| 1885 | 0.009272857 |
| 1884 | 0.010376249 |
| 1883 | 0.009352291 |
| 1882 | 0.008482991 |
| 1881 | 0.007152133 |
| 1880 | 0.0073761567 |
| 1879 | 0.006611514 |
| 1878 | 0.0069540306 |
| 1866 | 0.002577713 |
| 1865 | 0.0022912056 |
| 1864 | 0.0023388793 |
| 1863 | 0.0024812266 |
| 1862 | 0.0022456788 |
| 1861 | 0.002035734 |
| 1860 | 0.002641329 |
| 1859 | 0.002622483 |
| 1858 | 0.0016306057 |