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

Russia

7.0%

in 2024

United States

17.7%

in 2024

Russia rank

3rd

United States rank

1st

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

United States currently reports 17.7% against 7.0% in Russia, a difference of 10.6%.

That makes United States's figure about 2.5 times Russia's.

Across all 174 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Russia ranks 3rd and United States ranks 1st 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.