Japan vs Turkey: Fossil fuel production by fuel
Japan
22.04 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Turkey
24.02 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Japan rank
60th
Turkey rank
59th
Fossil fuel production by fuel over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 24.02 terawatt-hours against 22.04 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 1.98 terawatt-hours.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Turkey ahead.
Japan ranks 60th and Turkey ranks 59th of 220 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1910s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1920s | 0.2633 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.2633 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.4671 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.4671 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.4832 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.4832 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.2 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 2.2 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1960s | 21.2 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 21.2 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1970s | 28.47 terawatt-hours | 0.1791 terawatt-hours | 28.29 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1980s | 24.14 terawatt-hours | 1.26 terawatt-hours | 22.87 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1990s | 28.01 terawatt-hours | 3.14 terawatt-hours | 24.87 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2000s | 38.81 terawatt-hours | 7.42 terawatt-hours | 31.39 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2010s | 35.23 terawatt-hours | 5.42 terawatt-hours | 29.81 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2020s | 24.73 terawatt-hours | 9.12 terawatt-hours | 15.61 terawatt-hours | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fossil fuel production by fuel, Japan or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 24.02 terawatt-hours against 22.04 terawatt-hours in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fossil fuel production by fuel between Japan and Turkey?
- 1.98 terawatt-hours, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for fossil fuel production by fuel?
- Japan ranks 60th and Turkey ranks 59th of 220 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fossil fuel production by fuel. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours. Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.