Environment in Japan

3,514 indicators covering environment for Japan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per capita 0.0001 t per person 2024 up 142.4% 63rd
Fibreboard — Export quantity 2,244 m3 2024 down 67.7% 83rd
Fibreboard — Export value 1,939 1000 USD 2024 down 66.1% 79th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, annual growth rate 0.1396 % change on previous year 2024 down 96.4% 43rd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.1642 m3 per person 2024 up 11.3% 41st
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate 5.89 % change on previous year 2024 down 42.8% 63rd
Forest land — Area 24,908 1000 ha 2025 down 0.1% 31st
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 14,831 1000 ha 2025 up 0.7% 45th
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 59.54 % 2025 up 0.8% 208th
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 1.81 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 69.2% 23rd
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate -6.12 % change on previous year 2024 down 175.5% 124th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 9,103 t 2024 up 82.1% 28th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 15,612 1000 USD 2024 down 49.6% 43rd
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 145,717 m3 2024 up 127.7% 45th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 1,238 m3 2024 up 23.8% 95th
Other fibreboard — Import value 1,027 1000 USD 2024 down 9.9% 75th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -0.2303 % change on previous year 2024 down 107.5% 102nd
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.7206 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% 41st
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 1.35 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% 38th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 43,425 1000 USD 2024 up 59.9% 43rd
Planted Forest — Area 10,077 1000 ha 2025 down 1.4% 9th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 40.46 % 2025 down 1.2% 36th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 7.37 million m3 2024 down 14.6% 14th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.4512 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 411.4% 31st
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 4.38 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 504.2% 25th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 573,103 1000 USD 2024 down 43.3% 20th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -2.54 % change on previous year 2024 up 77.4% 92nd
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 2.41 million t 2024 down 51.5% 16th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 5,852 t 2024 up 51.6% 58th
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0001 t per person 2024 down 58.9% 139th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 693.3% 123rd
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 77th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 693.3% 129th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 290.6% 130th
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 78.0% 126th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.5749 t per square kilometre 2023 down 34.5% 26th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.6218 t per square kilometre 2023 down 38.3% 30th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.0735 t per square kilometre 2023 down 92.3% 96th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.4798 t per square kilometre 2023 down 42.6% 34th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.5765 t per square kilometre 2023 down 42.7% 63rd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.5835 t per square kilometre 2023 down 18.1% 60th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 181.0% 74th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 13.5% 58th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 94.3% 53rd
Emissions of air pollutants 2.07 million tonnes 2022 down 24.9% 9th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.0% 64th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0.2427 % change on previous year 2024 down 89.0% 31st
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 2.9 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% 13th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 3 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.2% 24th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0624 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 91.2% 65th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 732,479 t 2024 up 12.2% 19th
Graphic papers — Export value 640,750 1000 USD 2024 up 9.6% 19th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.1328 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 67.5% 49th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 4.56 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% 22nd
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 4.99 t per square kilometre 2023 up 48.1% 19th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, annual growth rate -6.7 % change on previous year 2024 down 243.0% 137th
Wood-based panels — Export value, per square kilometre 0.2181 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 548.7% 55th
Wood-based panels — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.3666 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 404.7% 59th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.2577 t per square kilometre 2023 down 39.2% 47th
Heat Index 35 7.35 2024 up 1,286.8% 63rd