Carbon intensity of electricity in Japan in 2025 — 477 g/kWh. Ranked 58 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.5%.
2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 477 | −6 | −1.28% |
| 2024 | 484 | −9 | −1.83% |
| 2023 | 493 | −27 | −5.21% |
| 2022 | 520 | +5 | +0.99% |
| 2021 | 515 | −13 | −2.51% |
| 2020 | 528 | −1 | −0.14% |
| 2019 | 529 | −13 | −2.4% |
| 2018 | 542 | −17 | −2.97% |
| 2017 | 558 | −9 | −1.58% |
| 2016 | 567 | −11 | −1.91% |
| 2015 | 578 | −13 | −2.28% |
| 2014 | 592 | −4 | −0.74% |
| 2013 | 596 | +1 | +0.23% |
| 2012 | 595 | +89 | +17.65% |
| 2011 | 505 | +59 | +13.13% |
| 2010 | 447 | −14 | −2.94% |
| 2009 | 460 | −25 | −5.15% |
| 2008 | 485 | +15 | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 470 | +23 | +5.13% |
| 2006 | 447 | −15 | −3.15% |
| 2005 | 462 | +12 | +2.56% |
| 2004 | 450 | −26 | −5.47% |
| 2003 | 476 | +43 | +9.82% |
| 2002 | 434 | +10 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 424 | −0 | −0.09% |
| 2000 | 424 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.
Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.
Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.
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