Austria vs Japan: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
Austria
8.38 tonnes per person
in 2023
Japan
9.18 tonnes per person
in 2023
Austria rank
30th
Japan rank
27th
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time
- Austria
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 9.18 tonnes per person against 8.38 tonnes per person in Austria, a difference of 0.8 tonnes per person.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 30th and Japan ranks 27th of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.68 tonnes per person | 11.79 tonnes per person | 0.1166 tonnes per person | Japan |
| 2000s | 12.14 tonnes per person | 11.74 tonnes per person | 0.4075 tonnes per person | Austria |
| 2010s | 10.55 tonnes per person | 10.83 tonnes per person | 0.2825 tonnes per person | Japan |
| 2020s | 8.98 tonnes per person | 9.47 tonnes per person | 0.4896 tonnes per person | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?, Austria or Japan?
- Japan, at 9.18 tonnes per person against 8.38 tonnes per person in Austria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? between Austria and Japan?
- 0.8 tonnes per person, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Japan?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Japan rank globally for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Austria ranks 30th and Japan ranks 27th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.