Japan CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Japan emit in 2018?

Japan emitted 1141.67 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 3.11% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Japan in 2018?

In 2018, Japan emitted 9.04 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 126255872.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1141.67 million tonnes emitted by Japan in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 431.47 3.42
Gas 233.1 1.85
Coal 442.19 3.5
Cement 26.18 0.21
Flaring 0.43 0.0

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