Germany vs Japan: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions

Germany

2.0%

in 2023

Japan

3.0%

in 2023

Germany rank

6th

Japan rank

5th

Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions over time

Japan currently reports 3.0% against 2.0% in Germany, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Germany's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 6th and Japan ranks 5th of 117 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.