China vs India: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature

China

13.0%

in 2024

India

4.8%

in 2024

China rank

2nd

India rank

5th

Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature over time

China currently reports 13.0% against 4.8% in India, a difference of 8.2%.

That makes China's figure about 2.7 times India's.

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

China ranks 2nd and India ranks 5th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
Unit: %
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: 07 August 2026

Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.