Germany vs Japan: Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas

Germany

2.0%

in 2024

Japan

2.4%

in 2024

Germany rank

9th

Japan rank

7th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas over time

Japan currently reports 2.4% against 2.0% in Germany, a difference of 0.5%.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 143 shared years of data; in 1882 it was Japan ahead.

Germany ranks 9th and Japan ranks 7th of 146 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas
Unit: %
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, 12,610 data points, 1882–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from gas in the same year.