Japan vs Turkmenistan: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Japan
-25.04 million tonnes
in 2024
Turkmenistan
-14.42 million tonnes
in 2024
Japan rank
215th
Turkmenistan rank
213th
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Japan
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports -14.42 million tonnes against -25.04 million tonnes in Japan, a difference of 10.63 million tonnes.
The two have swapped places 44 times across 156 shared years of data; in 1869 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Japan ranks 215th and Turkmenistan ranks 213th of 215 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 12 and Turkmenistan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 7,328 tonnes | 7,952 tonnes | 624 tonnes | Turkmenistan |
| 1870s | 229,733 tonnes | 7,112 tonnes | 222,620 tonnes | Japan |
| 1880s | 393,880 tonnes | 10,166 tonnes | 383,714 tonnes | Japan |
| 1890s | 1.10 million tonnes | 35,988 tonnes | 1.07 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1900s | 2.10 million tonnes | 27,059 tonnes | 2.07 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1910s | 4.09 million tonnes | -54,484 tonnes | 4.15 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1920s | 1.57 million tonnes | 67,170 tonnes | 1.50 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1930s | 3.29 million tonnes | 243,742 tonnes | 3.04 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1940s | -2.93 million tonnes | 169,420 tonnes | 3.10 million tonnes | Turkmenistan |
| 1950s | 9.45 million tonnes | 651,006 tonnes | 8.80 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1960s | 46.09 million tonnes | 731,448 tonnes | 45.36 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 30.33 million tonnes | 949,122 tonnes | 29.38 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 6.42 million tonnes | 924,094 tonnes | 5.49 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 21.68 million tonnes | 214,823 tonnes | 21.47 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | -7.79 million tonnes | 1.27 million tonnes | 9.05 million tonnes | Turkmenistan |
| 2010s | -5.82 million tonnes | 979,186 tonnes | 6.80 million tonnes | Turkmenistan |
| 2020s | -28.04 million tonnes | 3.75 million tonnes | 31.79 million tonnes | Turkmenistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Japan or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at -14.42 million tonnes against -25.04 million tonnes in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Japan and Turkmenistan?
- 10.63 million tonnes, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkmenistan?
- 156 years are reported by both, from 1869 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Turkmenistan rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
- Japan ranks 215th and Turkmenistan ranks 213th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.