Climate Change in Japan

1,438 indicators covering climate change for Japan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of global nitrous oxide emissions 0.6% 2024 down 17.5% 34th
Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use 0.033 °C 2024 up 17.0% 7th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources 0.033 °C 2024 up 17.0% 7th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use 0.0029 °C 2024 down 1.2% 39th
Global warming contributions by gas and source 0.0008 °C 2024 up 7.7% 7th
Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region 1.01 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 22.5% 8th
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,795 kt 2023 down 18.8% 9th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal 3.08 tonnes per person 2024 down 15.9% 15th
Annual CO₂ emissions from coal 380.97 million tonnes 2024 down 18.4% 5th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal 25.17 billion tonnes 2024 up 20.1% 7th
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source 3.08 tonnes per person 2024 down 15.9% 15th
Incineration — Emissions 3,870 kt 2023 down 0.7% 4th
Incineration — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,870 kt 2023 down 0.7% 4th
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions 3,870 kt 2023 down 0.7% 4th
Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price 67.1% 2025 up 1.8% 18th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases 1.88 kt 2023 down 99.3% 78th
Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita 84.71 years 2023 up 1.6% 4th
Rice — Area harvested, per capita 0.0119 ha per person 2023 down 6.7% 36th
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre 4.05 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% 17th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.7% 36th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% 17th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.7% 36th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% 17th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0.0065 t per person 2023 down 6.7% 36th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square 2.23 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% 17th
Food Packaging — Energy Use 50,887 TJ 2023 down 19.4% 8th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 47.5% 21st
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 73.2% 29th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre 0.0013 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 44.0% 12th
Rye — Crop residues 106.25 kg 1991 down 92.9% 65th
Rye — Crop residues 0 kt 1991 60th
Rye — Crop residues 0 kt 1991 59th
Rye — Crop residues 0 kt 1991 55th
Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population 100 2022 unchanged 1st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.0% 83rd
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.3% 58th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 42.1% 85th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.5% 59th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 41.9% 87th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 43.3% 58th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.0033 kg per person 2023 down 42.4% 90th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 1.13 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 43.7% 62nd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.8% 75th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 32.5% 97th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% 60th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 12.8% 75th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 32.5% 91st
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% 60th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0.0007 t per person 2023 up 12.8% 75th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per unit 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 up 32.5% 97th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per 0.2542 t per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% 60th
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 36.0% 72nd
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 59.8% 89th
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 32.9% 56th
Wheat — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 35.9% 72nd
Wheat — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 59.7% 89th
Wheat — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 32.8% 56th
Wheat — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 36.0% 72nd
Wheat — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 59.7% 90th
Wheat — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 32.8% 56th