Japan vs Poland: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Japan

25.17 billion tonnes

in 2024

Poland

23.64 billion tonnes

in 2024

Japan rank

7th

Poland rank

8th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Japan currently reports 25.17 billion tonnes against 23.64 billion tonnes in Poland, a difference of 1.52 billion tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 157 shared years of data; in 1868 it was Poland ahead.

Japan ranks 7th and Poland ranks 8th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.