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

India

4.8%

in 2024

United Kingdom

2.4%

in 2024

India rank

5th

United Kingdom rank

8th

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

India currently reports 4.8% against 2.4% in United Kingdom, a difference of 2.4%.

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.

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.