GHG emissions in India 1990-2020, by sector

Published by Ian Tiseo, Mar 21, 2024
India's electricity and heat sector produced the 1.12 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO2e) in 2020, making it the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions that year. Agriculture was once the largest emitter of GHGs in India, but while emissions from this sector have risen 30 percent since 1990, those from the electricity and heat sector have increased five-fold.

Greenhouse gas emissions in India in selected years between 1990 and 2020, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

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2023

Region

India

Survey time period

1990 to 2020

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