India vs Japan: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) over time
- India
- Japan
How they compare
India currently reports 344.35 Mt CO2e against 174.9 Mt CO2e in Japan, a difference of 169.45 Mt CO2e.
That makes India's figure about 2.0 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Japan ahead.
India ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 6th of 194 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46.79 Mt CO2e | 124.18 Mt CO2e | 77.39 Mt CO2e | Japan |
| 1980s | 54.54 Mt CO2e | 163.79 Mt CO2e | 109.26 Mt CO2e | Japan |
| 1990s | 76.92 Mt CO2e | 243.05 Mt CO2e | 166.13 Mt CO2e | Japan |
| 2000s | 121.63 Mt CO2e | 250.64 Mt CO2e | 129.01 Mt CO2e | Japan |
| 2010s | 251.84 Mt CO2e | 213.5 Mt CO2e | 38.34 Mt CO2e | India |
| 2020s | 312.91 Mt CO2e | 182.27 Mt CO2e | 130.64 Mt CO2e | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from transport (energy), India or Japan?
- India, at 344.35 Mt CO2e against 174.9 Mt CO2e in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from transport (energy) between India and Japan?
- 169.45 Mt CO2e, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do India and Japan rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from transport (energy)?
- India ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 6th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the transportation sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.3.a Civil Aviation, 1.A.3.b_noRES Road Transportation no resuspension, 1.A.3.c Railways, 1.A.3.d Water-borne Navigation, 1.A.3.e Other Transportation. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).