Japan

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Japan is the world's largest importer of LNG, second largest importer of coal and the third largest net importer of oil.
Japan relied on oil imports to meet about 42 percent of its energy needs in 2010.
Japan relies on LNG imports for virtually all of its natural gas demand and is the world’s largest LNG importer.
Japan was the world’s third largest producer of nuclear power after the US and France before the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011.

Analysis Last Updated: June 4, 2012

Overview data for Japan

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Japan	Asia & Oceania	OECD	World	Rank	Japan
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	136.26	8,846	21,618	87,192	47
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.00	7,623	14,904	74,070	78
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4,464.06	28,230	46,497	88,256	3
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-4,327.80	-19,384	-24,879	--	3	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA		NA		NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4,730	24,875	45,873	88,097	4	4,730
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.04	40	NA	NA	71	0.04
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Japan	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Japan
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	171	16,939	111,333	50		176
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3,848	20,602	113,321	4		4,361
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-3,489	-3,425	--	1		-4,113
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1	539	6,669	70		1
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Japan	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Japan
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	5,101	7,954	68		0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	206.125	4,961	7,770	7		192.854
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-205.978	-3	--	1		-192.992
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Japan	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Japan
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	988.69	7,073	19,071	3		1,051.77
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	938.16	6,474	17,360	3		1,002.38
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	284.49	1,761	4,843	3		287.03
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2010					2011
		History	Japan	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Japan
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4.141	154	509	28		2.945
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	21.773	194	511	5		20.823
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5,587	7,975	7,452	97		5,355
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009					2010
		History	Japan	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Japan
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,104.60	12,800	29,778	5		1,164.47