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

China

13.0%

in 2024

Russia

7.0%

in 2024

China rank

2nd

Russia rank

3rd

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

China currently reports 13.0% against 7.0% in Russia, a difference of 5.9%.

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.

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.