Germany vs India: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy)

Germany

118.92 Mt CO2e

in 2024

India

210.24 Mt CO2e

in 2024

Germany rank

6th

India rank

4th

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) over time

Germany
India

How they compare

India currently reports 210.24 Mt CO2e against 118.92 Mt CO2e in Germany, a difference of 91.31 Mt CO2e.

That makes India's figure about 1.8 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Germany ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 6th and India ranks 4th of 193 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
Unit: Mt CO2e
Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 13,200 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).