Brazil vs India: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise
Brazil
0.0881 °C
in 2024
India
0.0798 °C
in 2024
Brazil rank
4th
India rank
5th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.0881 °C against 0.0798 °C in India, a difference of 0.0083 °C.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was India ahead.
Brazil ranks 4th and India ranks 5th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and India in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0001 °C | 0.0005 °C | 0.0004 °C | India |
| 1860s | 0.0004 °C | 0.0015 °C | 0.0011 °C | India |
| 1870s | 0.0007 °C | 0.0025 °C | 0.0018 °C | India |
| 1880s | 0.0011 °C | 0.0035 °C | 0.0024 °C | India |
| 1890s | 0.0017 °C | 0.0048 °C | 0.003 °C | India |
| 1900s | 0.0026 °C | 0.006 °C | 0.0034 °C | India |
| 1910s | 0.004 °C | 0.007 °C | 0.003 °C | India |
| 1920s | 0.006 °C | 0.0084 °C | 0.0024 °C | India |
| 1930s | 0.0081 °C | 0.0109 °C | 0.0028 °C | India |
| 1940s | 0.0102 °C | 0.0144 °C | 0.0042 °C | India |
| 1950s | 0.0136 °C | 0.0187 °C | 0.0051 °C | India |
| 1960s | 0.0195 °C | 0.0239 °C | 0.0044 °C | India |
| 1970s | 0.0271 °C | 0.0291 °C | 0.0019 °C | India |
| 1980s | 0.0371 °C | 0.0348 °C | 0.0022 °C | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0.0492 °C | 0.0426 °C | 0.0066 °C | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.0635 °C | 0.0518 °C | 0.0117 °C | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.0764 °C | 0.0643 °C | 0.0121 °C | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.0856 °C | 0.0761 °C | 0.0095 °C | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contribution to global mean surface temperature rise, Brazil or India?
- Brazil, at 0.0881 °C against 0.0798 °C in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in contribution to global mean surface temperature rise between Brazil and India?
- 0.0083 °C, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for contribution to global mean surface temperature rise?
- Brazil ranks 4th and India ranks 5th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in °C.