Japan CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Japan emit in 2020?
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Japan emitted 1039.8 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
This represents 2.97% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Japan in 2020?
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In 2020, Japan emitted 8.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 125244760.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 1039.8 million tonnes emitted by Japan in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
386.86 |
3.09 |
| Gas |
221.78 |
1.77 |
| Coal |
399.23 |
3.19 |
| Cement |
24.49 |
0.2 |
| Flaring |
0.39 |
0.0 |
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