Japan vs Serbia: Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions
Japan
617,600 tonnes
in 2022
Serbia
642,734 tonnes
in 2022
Japan rank
26th
Serbia rank
23rd
Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions over time
- Japan
- Serbia
How they compare
Serbia currently reports 642,734 tonnes against 617,600 tonnes in Japan, a difference of 25,134 tonnes.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 26th and Serbia ranks 23rd of 220 countries.
Across the 28 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 27 and Serbia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1750s | 2,023 tonnes | 68.07 tonnes | 1,954 tonnes | Japan |
| 1760s | 2,034 tonnes | 70.61 tonnes | 1,963 tonnes | Japan |
| 1770s | 2,044 tonnes | 73.22 tonnes | 1,971 tonnes | Japan |
| 1780s | 2,054 tonnes | 75.9 tonnes | 1,978 tonnes | Japan |
| 1790s | 2,062 tonnes | 78.64 tonnes | 1,984 tonnes | Japan |
| 1800s | 2,070 tonnes | 81.44 tonnes | 1,988 tonnes | Japan |
| 1810s | 2,075 tonnes | 85.04 tonnes | 1,990 tonnes | Japan |
| 1820s | 2,078 tonnes | 89.65 tonnes | 1,988 tonnes | Japan |
| 1830s | 2,078 tonnes | 94.46 tonnes | 1,984 tonnes | Japan |
| 1840s | 2,585 tonnes | 99.45 tonnes | 2,486 tonnes | Japan |
| 1850s | 3,960 tonnes | 104.63 tonnes | 3,856 tonnes | Japan |
| 1860s | 3,939 tonnes | 112.27 tonnes | 3,827 tonnes | Japan |
| 1870s | 10,139 tonnes | 123.19 tonnes | 10,016 tonnes | Japan |
| 1880s | 31,106 tonnes | 179.63 tonnes | 30,926 tonnes | Japan |
| 1890s | 83,934 tonnes | 4,887 tonnes | 79,047 tonnes | Japan |
| 1900s | 203,431 tonnes | 15,527 tonnes | 187,904 tonnes | Japan |
| 1910s | 386,083 tonnes | 15,913 tonnes | 370,170 tonnes | Japan |
| 1920s | 508,819 tonnes | 109,593 tonnes | 399,226 tonnes | Japan |
| 1930s | 617,506 tonnes | 191,892 tonnes | 425,614 tonnes | Japan |
| 1940s | 584,424 tonnes | 185,519 tonnes | 398,905 tonnes | Japan |
| 1950s | 990,527 tonnes | 316,330 tonnes | 674,197 tonnes | Japan |
| 1960s | 3.55 million tonnes | 478,522 tonnes | 3.07 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 3.57 million tonnes | 849,752 tonnes | 2.72 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 1.79 million tonnes | 1.01 million tonnes | 780,037 tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.34 million tonnes | 1.06 million tonnes | 274,923 tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.05 million tonnes | 845,909 tonnes | 201,418 tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 944,815 tonnes | 742,909 tonnes | 201,906 tonnes | Japan |
| 2020s | 582,927 tonnes | 663,922 tonnes | 80,996 tonnes | Serbia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions, Japan or Serbia?
- Serbia, at 642,734 tonnes against 617,600 tonnes in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions between Japan and Serbia?
- 25,134 tonnes, with Serbia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Serbia?
- 273 years are reported by both, from 1750 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Serbia rank globally for coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions?
- Japan ranks 26th and Serbia ranks 23rd of 220 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Hoesly et al. (2024) – Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Sulfur dioxide (SO₂) is an air pollutant formed from the burning of fuels that contain sulfur, such as coal. SO₂ is one of the main chemicals that forms acid rain.