India vs Japan: Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre

India
0.0056 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan
0.0057 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
India rank
18th
Japan rank
17th

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre over time

  • India
  • Japan
0.0020.0040.0060.008196119922023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.0057 kt per square kilometre against 0.0056 kt per square kilometre in India, a difference of 0.0001 kt per square kilometre.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

India ranks 18th and Japan ranks 17th of 186 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 0.0048 kt per square kilometre 0.0035 kt per square kilometre Japan
1970s 0.0018 kt per square kilometre 0.0059 kt per square kilometre 0.004 kt per square kilometre Japan
1980s 0.0024 kt per square kilometre 0.0065 kt per square kilometre 0.0041 kt per square kilometre Japan
1990s 0.0032 kt per square kilometre 0.007 kt per square kilometre 0.0038 kt per square kilometre Japan
2000s 0.0038 kt per square kilometre 0.0066 kt per square kilometre 0.0028 kt per square kilometre Japan
2010s 0.0048 kt per square kilometre 0.0061 kt per square kilometre 0.0013 kt per square kilometre Japan
2020s 0.0055 kt per square kilometre 0.0058 kt per square kilometre 0.0003 kt per square kilometre Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5), per square kilometre, India or Japan?
Japan, at 0.0057 kt per square kilometre against 0.0056 kt per square kilometre in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5), per square kilometre between India and Japan?
0.0001 kt per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Japan rank globally for waste — emissions (co2eq) from n2o (ar5), per square kilometre?
India ranks 18th and Japan ranks 17th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 10,734 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) 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.