Japan vs Netherlands: How have things changed?, per square kilometre
Japan
10.6 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Netherlands
9.18 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
23rd
Netherlands rank
25th
How have things changed?, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Netherlands
How they compare
Japan currently reports 10.6 metric tons per square kilometre against 9.18 metric tons per square kilometre in Netherlands, a difference of 1.42 metric tons per square kilometre.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 23rd and Netherlands ranks 25th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Netherlands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.59 metric tons per square kilometre | 10.02 metric tons per square kilometre | 11.57 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 28.61 metric tons per square kilometre | 9.59 metric tons per square kilometre | 19.02 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 33.21 metric tons per square kilometre | 14.81 metric tons per square kilometre | 18.4 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 22.9 metric tons per square kilometre | 15.93 metric tons per square kilometre | 6.97 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 16.1 metric tons per square kilometre | 16.35 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.253 metric tons per square kilometre | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 12.73 metric tons per square kilometre | 13 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.2726 metric tons per square kilometre | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 11.15 metric tons per square kilometre | 9.91 metric tons per square kilometre | 1.24 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher how have things changed?, per square kilometre, Japan or Netherlands?
- Japan, at 10.6 metric tons per square kilometre against 9.18 metric tons per square kilometre in Netherlands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in how have things changed?, per square kilometre between Japan and Netherlands?
- 1.42 metric tons per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Netherlands?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Netherlands rank globally for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 23rd and Netherlands ranks 25th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.