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Power sector emissions in Japan from 2000 to 2023, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

Characteristic	Bioenergy	Coal	Gas	Hydro	Nuclear	Other Fossil*	Solar	Wind
2023	10.65	270.28	181.02	1.75	0.41	22.54	5.2	0.1
2022	8.97	287.81	196.06	1.78	0.27	30.16	4.87	0.09
2021	7.73	280.13	198.9	1.89	0.32	25.1	4.39	0.09
2020	7.52	274.05	213.45	1.84	0.23	23.37	3.57	0.09
2019	6.95	280.27	217.7	1.75	0.34	27.18	3.22	0.08
2018	6.51	286.07	231.32	1.93	0.26	35.39	2.95	0.07
2017	5.92	284.21	233.25	1.88	0.15	48.99	2.58	0.07
2016	5.12	286.17	229.4	1.89	0.09	64.86	2.06	0.06
2015	6.16	289.78	227.04	2.04	0.02	68.72	1.64	0.06
2014	5.11	294.71	245.19	1.94	0	80.5	1.12	0.06
2013	5.01	300.67	230.35	1.88	0.08	109.54	0.61	0.06
2012	4.78	277.44	236.82	1.83	0.09	136.71	0.35	0.05
2011	4.56	236.59	206.56	1.96	0.85	107.17	0.26	0.05
2010	4.72	263	177.33	2.1	1.53	67.45	0.19	0.04
2009	4.4	259.12	176.59	1.67	1.44	69.28	0.14	0.04
2008	4.6	277.04	176.65	1.79	1.32	112.81	0.12	0.03
2007	4.8	263.43	161.43	1.77	1.46	121.85	0.11	0.03
2006	4.65	258.52	152.29	2.11	1.59	101.47	0.1	0.02
2005	4.69	265	137.63	1.84	1.53	121.7	0.08	0.02
2004	3.9	245.32	140.23	2.18	1.5	111.62	0.06	0.02
2003	3.87	242.71	148.51	2.2	1.2	121.87	0.05	0.01
2002	3.66	219.89	137.45	1.92	1.65	113.83	0.03	0
2001	3.47	211.43	139.5	1.94	1.68	101.23	0.02	0
2000	3.48	198.71	140.57	2.01	1.67	120.27	0.02	0

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July 2024

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Japan

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures aim to include full lifecycle emissions including upstream methane, supply-chain and manufacturing emissions, and include all gases, converted into CO₂ equivalent over a 100 year timescale.

*Other fossil includes generation from oil and petroleum products, as well as manufactured gases and waste.

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Japan's power sector emissions were 492 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2023. Coal-fired electricity accounted for approximately 55 percent of Japan's power sector emissions that year, with natural gas contributing the second-largest share.