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Japan — CO2 per capita
CO2 Emissions per Capita for Japan, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
7.84
CO2 Emissions per Capita · metric tons per capita · -4.5% since 1970
CO2 per capita for Japan was 7.84 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 10.38 in 2013. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.08% per year.
Japan ranks 28 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 14%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.50, so Japan sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 24% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 22%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
7.84
First (1970)
8.21
Change
-4.5%
Highest
10.38
in 2013
Lowest
7.84
in 2024
Average
9.12
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.08%
Years of data
55
Recent years
| Year | metric tons per capita |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.84 |
| 2023 | 8.05 |
| 2022 | 8.4 |
| 2021 | 8.59 |
| 2020 | 8.4 |
| 2019 | 8.87 |
| 2018 | 9.17 |
| 2017 | 9.55 |
| 2016 | 9.67 |
| 2015 | 9.69 |
| 2014 | 10.01 |
| 2013 | 10.38 |
Reading this correctly. Carbon dioxide emissions per person, excluding those from land use change. There is usually a multi-year lag because of how emissions are reported. Figures are in metric tons per capita. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 — CO2 Emissions per Capita. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.