Cambodia vs Japan
Cambodia vs Japan: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 1.1 tonnes in Cambodia and 7.84 tonnes in Japan, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by 6.74 tonnes, or 7.12 times that in Cambodia.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Cambodia ranked 138 and Japan ranked 27 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Cambodia | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1 | 7.84 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 1.09 | 8.05 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.07 | 8.4 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.09 | 8.6 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.11 | 8.4 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.95 | 8.88 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.76 | 9.17 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.74 | 9.55 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.67 | 9.67 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.55 | 9.7 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.46 | 10.01 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.38 | 10.38 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.38 | 10.25 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.36 | 9.93 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.36 | 9.5 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.34 | 9.04 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.29 | 9.53 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.27 | 10.09 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.22 | 9.82 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | 10.01 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.18 | 9.92 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.19 | 9.96 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.17 | 9.92 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.17 | 9.67 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.16 | 9.8 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.16 | 9.68 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.17 | 9.37 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.15 | 9.77 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.15 | 9.91 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.15 | 9.83 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.06 | 9.77 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.06 | 9.37 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.06 | 9.46 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.06 | 9.46 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.06 | 9.41 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.06 | 8.86 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.06 | 8.65 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.06 | 8.09 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.06 | 8.07 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.07 | 8.14 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.06 | 8.42 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.07 | 7.91 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.06 | 7.93 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.06 | 8.34 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.06 | 8.59 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.05 | 8.89 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.05 | 8.76 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.05 | 8.83 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.04 | 8.7 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.04 | 8.5 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.05 | 9.11 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.04 | 9.26 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.03 | 8.33 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.03 | 8.01 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.03 | 8.21 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cambodia vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025