Australia vs Japan: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise

Australia
0.0254 °C
in 2024
Japan
0.0359 °C
in 2024
Australia rank
11th
Japan rank
10th

Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise over time

  • Australia
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.0359 °C against 0.0254 °C in Australia, a difference of 0.0105 °C.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 11th and Japan ranks 10th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise
Unit
°C
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 37,410 data points, 1851–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in °C.