Denmark CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
25,570,825
tons
Year-over-Year
−2.44%
decrease
Global Share
0.06%
Per Capita
4.34
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Denmark were 25,570,825 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions decreased by −2.44% over the previous year, representing a decrease by −639,562 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 26,210,387 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Denmark are equivalent to 4.34 tons per person, a decrease by −0.13 over the figure of 4.47 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of −2.8% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Denmark
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25,570,825 | −2.44% | 4.34 | 0.065% |
| 2023 | 26,210,387 | −8.02% | 4.47 | 0.067% |
| 2022 | 28,494,204 | −3.62% | 4.88 | 0.074% |
| 2021 | 29,564,050 | 6.39% | 5.08 | 0.077% |
| 2020 | 27,787,936 | −7.62% | 4.79 | 0.077% |
| 2019 | 30,079,365 | −10.31% | 5.21 | 0.079% |
| 2018 | 33,537,886 | −0.02% | 5.83 | 0.088% |
| 2017 | 33,545,706 | −5.98% | 5.85 | 0.091% |
| 2016 | 35,678,395 | 4.72% | 6.25 | 0.098% |
| 2015 | 34,071,173 | −5.87% | 5.99 | 0.094% |
| 2014 | 36,197,240 | −10.26% | 6.39 | 0.099% |
| 2013 | 40,335,245 | 4.5% | 7.15 | 0.11% |
| 2012 | 38,596,612 | −11.24% | 6.88 | 0.11% |
| 2011 | 43,484,881 | −10.45% | 7.79 | 0.12% |
| 2010 | 48,559,963 | 0.31% | 8.74 | 0.14% |
| 2009 | 48,408,862 | −4.33% | 8.76 | 0.15% |
| 2008 | 50,601,822 | −6.07% | 9.2 | 0.16% |
| 2007 | 53,869,273 | −8.07% | 9.85 | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 58,599,766 | 15.7% | 10.76 | 0.19% |
| 2005 | 50,649,196 | −6.41% | 9.34 | 0.17% |
| 2004 | 54,115,836 | −9.34% | 10.02 | 0.19% |
| 2003 | 59,690,664 | 10.01% | 11.08 | 0.22% |
| 2002 | 54,260,449 | −0.88% | 10.1 | 0.21% |
| 2001 | 54,742,732 | 3% | 10.22 | 0.21% |
| 2000 | 53,149,425 | −7.21% | 9.95 | 0.21% |
| 1999 | 57,276,935 | −4.94% | 10.76 | 0.23% |
| 1998 | 60,255,465 | −6.22% | 11.37 | 0.24% |
| 1997 | 64,251,435 | −13.19% | 12.17 | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 74,017,856 | 22.16% | 14.09 | 0.31% |
| 1995 | 60,592,648 | −4.87% | 11.58 | 0.26% |
| 1994 | 63,694,916 | 6.67% | 12.22 | 0.28% |
| 1993 | 59,714,864 | 4.05% | 11.5 | 0.26% |
| 1992 | 57,393,268 | −9.03% | 11.1 | 0.25% |
| 1991 | 63,088,265 | 20.33% | 12.24 | 0.28% |
| 1990 | 52,431,437 | 1.2% | 10.2 | 0.23% |
| 1989 | 51,809,991 | −9.89% | 10.1 | 0.23% |
| 1988 | 57,494,257 | −6.38% | 11.22 | 0.26% |
| 1987 | 61,415,326 | −3.1% | 12 | 0.29% |
| 1986 | 63,380,573 | 1.01% | 12.39 | 0.31% |
| 1985 | 62,749,465 | 14.19% | 12.27 | 0.31% |
| 1984 | 54,952,607 | 3.07% | 10.74 | 0.28% |
| 1983 | 53,315,914 | −6.22% | 10.41 | 0.28% |
| 1982 | 56,854,503 | 4.2% | 11.1 | 0.30% |
| 1981 | 54,562,592 | −15.9% | 10.65 | 0.28% |
| 1980 | 64,877,469 | −0.88% | 12.66 | 0.33% |
| 1979 | 65,450,633 | 5.52% | 12.79 | 0.33% |
| 1978 | 62,029,510 | −0.1% | 12.14 | 0.32% |
| 1977 | 62,091,285 | 2.83% | 12.18 | 0.33% |
| 1976 | 60,385,114 | 10.44% | 11.88 | 0.33% |
| 1975 | 54,675,613 | 4.36% | 10.8 | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 52,390,746 | −10.89% | 10.39 | 0.30% |
| 1973 | 58,792,009 | −1.59% | 11.72 | 0.34% |
| 1972 | 59,742,079 | 3.55% | 11.97 | 0.36% |
| 1971 | 57,694,486 | −6.89% | 11.63 | 0.37% |
| 1970 | 61,964,067 | – | 12.57 | 0.39% |
See also
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).