India vs United Kingdom: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise

India
0.0798 °C
in 2024
United Kingdom
0.0397 °C
in 2024
India rank
5th
United Kingdom rank
8th

Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise over time

  • India
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

India currently reports 0.0798 °C against 0.0397 °C in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0401 °C.

That makes India's figure about 2.0 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was India ahead.

India ranks 5th and United Kingdom ranks 8th 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
Last refreshed

Measured in °C.