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China vs Japan: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste

China
3.7 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Japan
3.29 Mt CO2e
in 2024
China rank
1st
Japan rank
2nd

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste over time

  • China
  • Japan
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How they compare

China currently reports 3.7 Mt CO2e against 3.29 Mt CO2e in Japan, a difference of 0.4029 Mt CO2e.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, China ranks 1st and Japan ranks 2nd of 100 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
Unit
Mt CO2e
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
147 places, 8,081 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the waste sector. This includes emissions from solid waste (IPCC 2006 codes 4.A Solid Waste Disposal, 4.B Biological Treatment of Solid Waste, 4.C Incineration and Open Burning of Waste) and wastewater treatment (IPCC 2006 code 4.D Wastewater Treatment and Discharge). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).