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
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