Germany vs Japan: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Germany

95.14 billion tonnes

in 2024

Japan

69.61 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

4th

Japan rank

6th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Germany currently reports 95.14 billion tonnes against 69.61 billion tonnes in Japan, a difference of 25.52 billion tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.

Across all 157 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 4th and Japan ranks 6th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions
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: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.