Japan vs Maldives: Waste — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre
Japan
0.0088 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
0.0128 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
4th
Maldives rank
3rd
Waste — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.0128 kt per square kilometre against 0.0088 kt per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.004 kt per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.5 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Maldives ahead.
Japan ranks 4th and Maldives ranks 3rd of 136 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Maldives in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | 0 kt per square kilometre | — |
| 1970s | 0.0074 kt per square kilometre | 0.0013 kt per square kilometre | 0.0061 kt per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.0086 kt per square kilometre | 0.0026 kt per square kilometre | 0.006 kt per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.0119 kt per square kilometre | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 0.0082 kt per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.0127 kt per square kilometre | 0.0058 kt per square kilometre | 0.0069 kt per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.0105 kt per square kilometre | 0.0099 kt per square kilometre | 0.0006 kt per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.0091 kt per square kilometre | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions (co2), per square kilometre, Japan or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.0128 kt per square kilometre against 0.0088 kt per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2), per square kilometre between Japan and Maldives?
- 0.004 kt per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Maldives?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Maldives rank globally for waste — emissions (co2), per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 4th and Maldives ranks 3rd of 136 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Waste — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Waste — Emissions (CO2) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.