Japan vs Peru: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Japan
5.54 billion tonnes
in 2024
Peru
5.87 billion tonnes
in 2024
Japan rank
32nd
Peru rank
30th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Japan
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 5.87 billion tonnes against 5.54 billion tonnes in Japan, a difference of 326.66 million tonnes.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 32nd and Peru ranks 30th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 16 and Peru in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 77.59 million tonnes | 38.92 million tonnes | 38.66 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1860s | 226.89 million tonnes | 114.07 million tonnes | 112.81 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1870s | 397.49 million tonnes | 207.64 million tonnes | 189.86 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1880s | 613.19 million tonnes | 373.31 million tonnes | 239.89 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1890s | 898.75 million tonnes | 605.19 million tonnes | 293.56 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1900s | 1.28 billion tonnes | 799.94 million tonnes | 479.97 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1910s | 1.74 billion tonnes | 959.62 million tonnes | 785.09 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1920s | 2.30 billion tonnes | 1.13 billion tonnes | 1.18 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1930s | 2.97 billion tonnes | 1.36 billion tonnes | 1.61 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1940s | 3.70 billion tonnes | 1.61 billion tonnes | 2.10 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1950s | 4.44 billion tonnes | 1.84 billion tonnes | 2.60 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1960s | 5.11 billion tonnes | 2.37 billion tonnes | 2.74 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 5.50 billion tonnes | 3.08 billion tonnes | 2.42 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 5.65 billion tonnes | 3.81 billion tonnes | 1.84 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 5.67 billion tonnes | 4.40 billion tonnes | 1.27 billion tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 5.61 billion tonnes | 5.11 billion tonnes | 501.18 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 5.53 billion tonnes | 5.62 billion tonnes | 91.83 million tonnes | Peru |
| 2020s | 5.53 billion tonnes | 5.83 billion tonnes | 303.46 million tonnes | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, Japan or Peru?
- Peru, at 5.87 billion tonnes against 5.54 billion tonnes in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Japan and Peru?
- 326.66 million tonnes, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Peru?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Peru rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Japan ranks 32nd and Peru ranks 30th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.