TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇮🇳 India
World rank #3 · Asia · Same as 936 million cars driven for a year
936 million
cars driven for a year
4.3 Gt = gigatonne: one billion tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +6.4%/yr
India ranks #3 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 4.3 Gt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.AsiaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#3 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
1NTPC Ltd= 71.1M cars/yr327 Mt CO₂eNEW8Adani Power Ltd= 16.1M cars/yr74.2 Mt CO₂eNEW19Jindal Steel Ltd= 8.8M cars/yr40.5 Mt CO₂eNEW23Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd= 9.3M cars/yr42.8 Mt CO₂eNEW26Andhra Pradesh Power Development Co Ltd= 6.9M cars/yr31.8 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (50)
28Reliance Power Ltd= 8.1M cars/yr37.4 Mt CO₂eNEW30U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd= 6.5M cars/yr29.7 Mt CO₂eNEW32Tata Power Company Ltd= 4.6M cars/yr21.2 Mt CO₂eNEW33JSW Steel Ltd= 7.8M cars/yr35.8 Mt CO₂eNEW34Damodar Valley Corp= 7.4M cars/yr34.2 Mt CO₂eNEW41The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd= 5.6M cars/yr25.7 Mt CO₂eNEW46Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd= 6.2M cars/yr28.3 Mt CO₂eNEW65Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corp Ltd= 5.2M cars/yr24.1 Mt CO₂eNEW76Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.7 Mt CO₂eNEW79Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Co Ltd= 4.7M cars/yr21.6 Mt CO₂eNEW92Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd= 4.5M cars/yr20.6 Mt CO₂eNEW103Karnataka Power Corp Ltd= 3.4M cars/yr15.7 Mt CO₂eNEW119Tata Steel Ltd= 4M cars/yr18.4 Mt CO₂eNEW124Reliance Industries Ltd= 4.1M cars/yr18.9 Mt CO₂eNEW138ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd= 3.7M cars/yr17.2 Mt CO₂eNEW154Sembcorp Energy India Ltd= 3.4M cars/yr15.5 Mt CO₂eNEW157Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd= 3.4M cars/yr15.6 Mt CO₂eNEW185NLC India Ltd= 3.2M cars/yr14.7 Mt CO₂eNEW191Lalitpur Power Generation Co Ltd= 2.6M cars/yr11.9 Mt CO₂eNEW199Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Ltd= 3.7M cars/yr16.9 Mt CO₂eNEW200Vedanta Ltd= 2.7M cars/yr12.3 Mt CO₂eNEW209Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd= 2.6M cars/yr11.8 Mt CO₂eNEW235MEIL Anpara Energy Ltd= 2.7M cars/yr12.3 Mt CO₂eNEW242Meja Urja Nigam Pvt Ltd= 1.9M cars/yr8.5 Mt CO₂eNEW254KSK Energy Ventures Ltd= 2.2M cars/yr10.2 Mt CO₂eNEW284Nabha Power Ltd= 2.1M cars/yr9.8 Mt CO₂eNEW289Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd= 2.2M cars/yr10.2 Mt CO₂eNEW305DB Power Ltd= 1.8M cars/yr8.3 Mt CO₂eNEW316Aravali Power Company Pvt Ltd= 1.8M cars/yr8.3 Mt CO₂eNEW317Jindal India Thermal Power Ltd= 1.8M cars/yr8.1 Mt CO₂eNEW321RKM Powergen Pvt Ltd= 1.5M cars/yr7 Mt CO₂eNEW330RattanIndia Power Ltd= 1.7M cars/yr7.7 Mt CO₂eNEW331GMR Energy Ltd= 1.6M cars/yr7.3 Mt CO₂eNEW336MB Power (Madhya Pradesh) Ltd= 1.7M cars/yr7.7 Mt CO₂eNEW373Vedanta Resources Ltd= 1.5M cars/yr6.9 Mt CO₂eNEW377Apraava Energy Pvt Ltd= 1.6M cars/yr7.4 Mt CO₂eNEW382The Singareni Collieries Co Ltd= 1.5M cars/yr6.8 Mt CO₂eNEW383National Aluminium Co Ltd= 1.5M cars/yr6.8 Mt CO₂eNEW385Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd= 1.6M cars/yr7.2 Mt CO₂eNEW386Mahan Energen Ltd= 1.6M cars/yr7.2 Mt CO₂eNEW406Maithon Power Ltd= 1.5M cars/yr7 Mt CO₂eNEW435Krishak Bharati Cooperative Ltd= 1.3M cars/yr5.8 Mt CO₂eNEW437JSW Energy Ltd= 1.4M cars/yr6.5 Mt CO₂eNEW451Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd= 1.5M cars/yr6.9 Mt CO₂eNEW460Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Co Ltd= 1.2M cars/yr5.7 Mt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vindhyachal power station | Power | 34.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project | Power | 30.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Mundra Thermal Power Project (Adani) | Power | 26.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Anpara power station | Power | 24.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Tamnar power station | Power | 24.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Rihand power station | Power | 21.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Sipat power station | Power | 21.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project | Power | 21.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Talcher Kaniha Super Thermal Power Station | Power | 20.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Korba Super Thermal Power Station (NTPC) | Power | 18.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| RPL (Reliance Petroleum Limited) Jamnagar Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 18.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Tiroda Thermal Power Project | Power | 18.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Ramagundam power station | Power | 18.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel Hazira Plant | Manufacturing | 17.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Plant | Power | 15.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population