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

Japan

5.49 million tonnes

in 2024

Niger

6.35 million tonnes

in 2024

Japan rank

69th

Niger rank

66th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Niger currently reports 6.35 million tonnes against 5.49 million tonnes in Japan, a difference of 858,800 tonnes.

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.

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.