Japan vs Poland: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Japan

3.08 tonnes per person

in 2024

Poland

3.3 tonnes per person

in 2024

Japan rank

15th

Poland rank

13th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Poland currently reports 3.3 tonnes per person against 3.08 tonnes per person in Japan, a difference of 0.2249 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 157 shared years of data; in 1868 it was Poland ahead.

Japan ranks 15th and Poland ranks 13th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 17,915 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.