Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Japan
Japan: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature was 2.1% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Japan, 1851–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Japan stood at 2.1%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Japan peaked at 2.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1857.
Japan ranks 10th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 1860s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1930s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Japan?
- Global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Japan was 2.1% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1857.
- How does Japan rank for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Japan ranks 10th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.