Japan vs Niger: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Japan
0.1%
in 2024
Niger
0.1%
in 2024
Japan rank
69th
Niger rank
66th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Japan
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 69th and Niger ranks 66th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 14 and Niger in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1860s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1870s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1880s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 1890s | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 1900s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.8% | Japan |
| 1910s | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% | Japan |
| 1920s | 1.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% | Japan |
| 1930s | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% | Japan |
| 1940s | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.4% | -0.2% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1990s | -0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 2000s | -0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Niger |
| 2010s | -0.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | Niger |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Japan or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Japan and Niger?
- 0.0%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Niger?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Niger rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Japan ranks 69th and Niger ranks 66th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.