Drained organic soils — Emissions in Japan

Japan: Drained organic soils — Emissions was 4,283 kt in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
4,283 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
35th
of 216 countries
All-time high
5,437 kt
in 1990
All-time low
4,283 kt
in 2022
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Emissions in Japan, 1990–2024

02.0k4.0k6.0k1990200720241990: 5.4k kt1991: 5.4k kt1992: 5.4k kt1993: 5.4k kt1994: 5.3k kt1995: 5.4k kt1996: 5.3k kt1997: 5.3k kt1998: 5.3k kt1999: 5.3k kt2000: 5.3k kt2001: 5.3k kt2002: 5.3k kt2003: 5.3k kt2004: 5.3k kt2005: 5.2k kt2006: 5.1k kt2007: 5.0k kt2008: 4.9k kt2009: 4.8k kt2010: 4.7k kt2011: 4.6k kt2012: 4.5k kt2013: 4.5k kt2014: 4.4k kt2015: 4.3k kt2016: 4.3k kt2017: 4.3k kt2018: 4.3k kt2019: 4.3k kt2020: 4.3k kt2021: 4.3k kt2022: 4.3k kt2023: 4.3k kt2024: 4.3k kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

In 2024, drained organic soils — emissions in Japan stood at 4,283 kt. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — emissions in Japan peaked at 5,437 kt in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,283 kt, in 2022.

Japan ranks 35th of 216 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5,371 kt 5,310 kt 5,437 kt 10
2000s 5,137 kt 4,767 kt 5,315 kt 10
2010s 4,432 kt 4,317 kt 4,666 kt 10
2020s 4,294 kt 4,283 kt 4,317 kt 5

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 32 Argentina 5,214 kt compare
  2. 33 India 4,809 kt compare
  3. 34 Madagascar 4,343 kt compare
  4. 36 China 3,915 kt compare
  5. 36 China, mainland 3,915 kt compare
  6. 38 Guyana 3,283 kt compare

See the full ranking of 274 places →

More climate change data for Japan

All data for Japan →

Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — emissions in Japan?
Drained organic soils — emissions in Japan was 4,283 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — emissions recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 5,437 kt in 1990.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — emissions recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 4,283 kt in 2022.
How does Japan rank for drained organic soils — emissions?
Japan ranks 35th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — emissions rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Drained organic soils — Emissions in Japan. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/drained-organic-soils-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/japan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/drained-organic-soils-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/japan/">Drained organic soils — Emissions in Japan</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.