India CO₂ Emissions per Person (Global Carbon Budget)

## What this measures

Annual carbon dioxide emitted from fossil fuels and industry within India, divided by its population, in tonnes of CO₂ per person. Land-use change is not included. Annual; each value is dated December 31 of its year.

## Why it matters

Per-person emissions separate how carbon-intensive a way of life and an economy are from how large the population is. It is the fairest single number for comparing countries of different sizes.

## How to read it

Lower is less. Compare countries at similar income levels and read the trend over several years.

## What it does not say

It uses territorial emissions, so countries that import emissions-intensive goods look cleaner than their consumption is. It covers CO₂ only, excludes land-use change, and depends on population estimates. The latest year is preliminary.

## Source

Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data (chart `co-emissions-per-capita`). Cite: Andrew, R. M. and Peters, G. P. (2025), The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15), Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17417124; and Friedlingstein, P. et al., Global Carbon Budget 2025. License: CC BY 4.0. Our World in Data processing is CC BY 4.0. https://globalcarbonbudget.org/