China vs Russia: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise

China
0.2174 °C
in 2024
Russia
0.1179 °C
in 2024
China rank
2nd
Russia rank
3rd

Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise over time

  • China
  • Russia
00.050.10.150.2185119372024

How they compare

China currently reports 0.2174 °C against 0.1179 °C in Russia, a difference of 0.0994 °C.

That makes China's figure about 1.8 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Russia ahead.

China ranks 2nd and Russia ranks 3rd of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise
Unit
°C
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 37,410 data points, 1851–2024
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Measured in °C.