Japan CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Japan emit in 2016?

Japan emitted 1202.45 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 3.39% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Japan in 2016?

In 2016, Japan emitted 9.47 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 126993856.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1202.45 million tonnes emitted by Japan in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	460.23	3.62
Gas	250.61	1.97
Coal	456.86	3.6
Cement	25.97	0.2
Flaring	0.46	0.0

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