For many decades, oil was the most polluting fossil fuel in Japan, with emissions from this fuel source peaking in the mid-1990s at more than 700 million metric tons. However, emissions from oil have been falling since then, and in 2017 were overtaken by coal emissions. In 2023, coal emissions in Japan totaled 394 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in Japan from 1960 to 2023, by type
(in million metric tons)
Characteristic
Gas
Oil
Coal
2023
188.45
377.73
393.9
2022
199.73
384.78
417.19
2021
211
390.52
427.99
2020
221.93
387.12
399.5
2019
223.41
415.81
432.81
2018
233.27
431.79
442.51
2017
244.8
448.26
459.11
2016
250.76
460.52
457.14
2015
245.23
476.89
466.24
2014
257.33
497.15
473.23
2013
255.33
541.96
481.66
2012
255.91
564.64
450.46
2011
246.73
552.86
430.97
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