Germany vs Japan: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas

Germany

7.66 billion tonnes

in 2024

Japan

7.63 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

6th

Japan rank

7th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas over time

Germany currently reports 7.66 billion tonnes against 7.63 billion tonnes in Japan, a difference of 32.59 million tonnes.

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

Germany ranks 6th and Japan ranks 7th of 146 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
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: 146 places, 14,474 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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