Coal combustion in India produced 2.03 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂) in 2023. This was an increase of about nine percent in comparison to the previous year, and the largest figure recorded during the period in consideration. Emissions from coal combustion in India are far higher than those produced by both gas and oil combustion. In fact, India is the second-largest producer of coal emissions worldwide, only behind China.
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in India from 1960 to 2023, by type
(in million metric tons)
Characteristic
Gas
Oil
Coal
2023
132.42
717.8
2,032.01
2022
124.01
684.06
1,855.85
2021
133.19
621.93
1,767.3
2020
127.99
606.05
1,561.8
2019
128.68
676.15
1,661.94
2018
126.2
657.08
1,668.32
2017
118.92
632.56
1,551.26
2016
113.62
614.6
1,499.4
2015
106.87
556.12
1,449.59
2014
109.47
512.46
1,407.06
2013
110.69
496.94
1,276.38
2012
125.6
489.81
1,206.45
2011
136.26
460.1
1,074.39
2010
134.12
439.5
1,015.98
2009
112.46
432.66
983.95
2008
90.28
413.23
910.8
2007
87.96
391.9
842.48
2006
82.58
369.69
773.56
2005
59.36
352.38
721.47
2004
58.32
348.23
669.97
2003
58.57
330.61
625.89
2002
57.61
325.22
598.6
2001
53.13
316.72
582.08
2000
52.79
312.85
572.88
1999
52.62
300.98
560.53
1998
47.6
262.89
524.13
1997
46.02
244.2
527.72
1996
39.75
243.16
504.5
1995
39.05
216.28
471.72
1994
29
198.96
455.72
1993
27
186.88
433.12
1992
27.26
188.05
411.41
1991
23.56
166.42
393.04
1990
21.1
158.17
366.51
1989
18.52
150.71
339.63
1988
15.21
133.62
317.17
1987
12.78
127.67
291.86
1986
10.31
121.86
273.17
1985
7.2
116.76
253.29
1984
6.17
106.1
231.49
1983
5.24
99.17
232.52
1982
4.36
94.41
213.12
1981
2.88
89.71
210.31
1980
2.49
83.18
197.34
1979
3.03
82.66
180.62
1978
2.74
75.32
174.69
1977
2.48
68.56
177.51
1976
2.29
63.44
168.92
1975
1.73
61.84
161.34
1974
1.36
60.63
145.64
1973
1.17
61.75
137.81
1972
1.21
58.88
134.38
1971
1.08
55.44
126.97
1970
0.92
49.33
123.55
1969
1
45.35
123.37
1968
0.75
42.25
123.83
1967
0.49
32.7
119.1
1966
0.31
35.68
116.98
1965
0.28
30.81
116.46
1964
0.02
28.12
105.92
1963
0.01
27.11
110.42
1962
0.01
24.89
103.26
1961
0
21.31
94.89
1960
-
19.44
87.88
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Global Carbon Project. (November 13, 2024). Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in India from 1960 to 2023, by type (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1282696/carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-fossil-fuel-use-in-india/
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