Japan vs Norway: How have things changed?, per square kilometre
Japan
10.6 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Norway
11.51 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
23rd
Norway rank
21st
How have things changed?, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 11.51 metric tons per square kilometre against 10.6 metric tons per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.91 metric tons per square kilometre.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 23rd and Norway ranks 21st of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.59 metric tons per square kilometre | 8.07 metric tons per square kilometre | 13.52 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 28.61 metric tons per square kilometre | 8.52 metric tons per square kilometre | 20.09 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 33.21 metric tons per square kilometre | 6.67 metric tons per square kilometre | 26.53 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 22.9 metric tons per square kilometre | 7.94 metric tons per square kilometre | 14.96 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 16.1 metric tons per square kilometre | 9.24 metric tons per square kilometre | 6.86 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 12.73 metric tons per square kilometre | 10.29 metric tons per square kilometre | 2.44 metric tons per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 11.15 metric tons per square kilometre | 11.57 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.4215 metric tons per square kilometre | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher how have things changed?, per square kilometre, Japan or Norway?
- Norway, at 11.51 metric tons per square kilometre against 10.6 metric tons per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in how have things changed?, per square kilometre between Japan and Norway?
- 0.91 metric tons per square kilometre, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 23rd and Norway ranks 21st 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.