Brazil vs India: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas
Brazil
0.0037 °C
in 2024
India
0.0068 °C
in 2024
Brazil rank
5th
India rank
3rd
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 0.0068 °C against 0.0037 °C in Brazil, a difference of 0.0031 °C.
That makes India's figure about 1.9 times Brazil's.
Across all 174 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 5th and India ranks 3rd of 201 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | India |
| 1860s | 0 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0.0001 °C | India |
| 1870s | 0 °C | 0.0003 °C | 0.0003 °C | India |
| 1880s | 0 °C | 0.0004 °C | 0.0004 °C | India |
| 1890s | 0 °C | 0.0006 °C | 0.0006 °C | India |
| 1900s | 0.0001 °C | 0.0008 °C | 0.0008 °C | India |
| 1910s | 0.0001 °C | 0.001 °C | 0.0009 °C | India |
| 1920s | 0.0001 °C | 0.0012 °C | 0.0011 °C | India |
| 1930s | 0.0002 °C | 0.0014 °C | 0.0013 °C | India |
| 1940s | 0.0002 °C | 0.0017 °C | 0.0015 °C | India |
| 1950s | 0.0003 °C | 0.0019 °C | 0.0016 °C | India |
| 1960s | 0.0005 °C | 0.0022 °C | 0.0017 °C | India |
| 1970s | 0.0008 °C | 0.0026 °C | 0.0018 °C | India |
| 1980s | 0.0011 °C | 0.0031 °C | 0.0019 °C | India |
| 1990s | 0.0016 °C | 0.0037 °C | 0.0021 °C | India |
| 2000s | 0.0022 °C | 0.0046 °C | 0.0024 °C | India |
| 2010s | 0.0029 °C | 0.0056 °C | 0.0027 °C | India |
| 2020s | 0.0035 °C | 0.0066 °C | 0.0031 °C | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas, Brazil or India?
- India, at 0.0068 °C against 0.0037 °C in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas between Brazil and India?
- 0.0031 °C, with India 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 by gas?
- Brazil ranks 5th and India ranks 3rd of 201 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 by gas. 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.