Japan vs Netherlands: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Japan

5.49 million tonnes

in 2024

Netherlands

5.14 million tonnes

in 2024

Japan rank

69th

Netherlands rank

71st

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Japan currently reports 5.49 million tonnes against 5.14 million tonnes in Netherlands, a difference of 352,630 tonnes.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 69th and Netherlands ranks 71st of 197 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.