Japan vs Taiwan: Consumption-based carbon intensity

Japan
0.2516 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Taiwan
0.2371 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Japan rank
54th
Taiwan rank
57th

Consumption-based carbon intensity over time

  • Japan
  • Taiwan
00.10.20.30.40.5199020062022

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.2516 kilograms per international-$ against 0.2371 kilograms per international-$ in Taiwan, a difference of 0.0146 kilograms per international-$.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 54th and Taiwan ranks 57th of 119 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Consumption-based carbon intensity
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
119 places, 3,909 data points, 1990–2022
Last refreshed

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).