Japan CO2 emissions data for 2015

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Japan emit in 2015?

Japan emitted 1223.17 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015. This represents 3.45% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Japan in 2015?

In 2015, Japan emitted 9.61 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 127250936.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1223.17 million tonnes emitted by Japan in 2015 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	476.87	3.75
Gas	245.23	1.93
Coal	466.23	3.66
Cement	25.94	0.2
Flaring	0.43	0.0

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