Skip to main content
Home › Compare › Australia vs Japan › Environment

Australia vs Japan: Environment

This page compares Australia and Japan across 45 Environment indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

See the full comparison overview or all indicators.

Indicator Australia Japan Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 3.47 341.54 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.89 0.87 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2.71 11.57 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 3.60 12.44 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 66.00 50.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 214.00 166.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 69.00 29.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 766.00 75.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 22.00 29.70 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 33.50 15.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 14.10 7.84 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 591.45 1,063.34 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 21.75 8.58 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 144.58 50.87 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 15.70 5.74 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 3.99 -25.78 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 13.48 54.28 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 383.40 972.27 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 6.82 2.89 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 50.81 16.53 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 1.03 2.47 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 30.90 -43.17 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 28.38 -17.94 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 38.62 5.32 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 84.70 38.90 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 38.06 -16.35 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.23 0.21 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 8.25 12.84 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.73 0.93 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.48 1.04 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 100.51 174.90 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 24.89 76.76 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.10 0.65 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.20 0.46 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 163.10 432.37 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.72 2.63 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.64 1.83 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.23 0.44 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 29.86 103.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 39.55 161.04 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.16 0.32 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 43.21 3.50 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 34.10 41.96 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.02 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -95.82 -50.71 Compare →
← Back to Australia vs Japan overview

Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.