Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Japan
Japan: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? was 9.18 tonnes per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Japan, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Japan is 9.18 tonnes per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Japan peaked at 12.46 tonnes per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9.18 tonnes per person, in 2023.
Japan ranks 27th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.79 tonnes per person | 11.04 tonnes per person | 12.41 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.74 tonnes per person | 10.73 tonnes per person | 12.46 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.83 tonnes per person | 9.83 tonnes per person | 12.05 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.47 tonnes per person | 9.18 tonnes per person | 9.71 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More climate change data for Japan
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.8% (2100)
- Population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 123.37 million (2025)
- Urban population growth -0.4% (2025)
- Urban population 113.87 million (2025)
- Urban population 92.3% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 7.77 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 69.61 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 7.77 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 7.77 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Japan?
- Are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? in Japan was 9.18 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 12.46 tonnes per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.18 tonnes per person in 2023.
- How does Japan rank for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Japan ranks 27th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.