Germany vs Japan: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise

Germany
0.049 °C
in 2024
Japan
0.0359 °C
in 2024
Germany rank
7th
Japan rank
10th

Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.049 °C against 0.0359 °C in Japan, a difference of 0.0131 °C.

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

Across all 174 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 7th 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.