Japan vs Ukraine: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
Japan
2.1%
in 2024
Ukraine
1.4%
in 2024
Japan rank
10th
Ukraine rank
12th
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature over time
- Japan
- Ukraine
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.1% against 1.4% in Ukraine, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.6 times Ukraine's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Ukraine ahead.
Japan ranks 10th and Ukraine ranks 12th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Ukraine in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Ukraine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | Ukraine |
| 1860s | 0.4% | 1.6% | 1.2% | Ukraine |
| 1870s | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1.3% | Ukraine |
| 1880s | 0.5% | 1.9% | 1.4% | Ukraine |
| 1890s | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.4% | Ukraine |
| 1900s | 0.6% | 2.1% | 1.5% | Ukraine |
| 1910s | 0.7% | 2.1% | 1.4% | Ukraine |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 1.9% | 1.0% | Ukraine |
| 1930s | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.7% | Ukraine |
| 1940s | 1.1% | 1.6% | 0.6% | Ukraine |
| 1950s | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.5% | Ukraine |
| 1960s | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.5% | Ukraine |
| 1970s | 1.6% | 1.8% | 0.2% | Ukraine |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.1% | Ukraine |
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.7% | 0.4% | Japan |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.5% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 0.8% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature, Japan or Ukraine?
- Japan, at 2.1% against 1.4% in Ukraine as of 2024.
- What is the difference in global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature between Japan and Ukraine?
- 0.7%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Ukraine?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Ukraine rank globally for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Japan ranks 10th and Ukraine ranks 12th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.