Germany vs Japan: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature

Germany

2.9%

in 2024

Japan

2.1%

in 2024

Germany rank

7th

Japan rank

10th

Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature over time

Germany currently reports 2.9% against 2.1% in Japan, a difference of 0.8%.

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.

Indicator: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
Unit: %
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: 07 August 2026

Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.