CO₂ emissions per capita: Denmark
4.746057 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 182 years from 1843 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.746057 |
| 2023 | 4.8470974 |
| 2022 | 4.9288173 |
| 2021 | 5.0545783 |
| 2020 | 4.8528743 |
| 2019 | 5.3228407 |
| 2018 | 5.973422 |
| 2017 | 6.0127726 |
| 2016 | 6.44471 |
| 2015 | 6.177417 |
| 2014 | 6.6571136 |
| 2013 | 7.4373164 |
| 2012 | 7.128379 |
| 2011 | 7.9407773 |
| 2010 | 8.866418 |
| 2009 | 8.844816 |
| 2008 | 9.329914 |
| 2007 | 10.017085 |
| 2006 | 10.942724 |
| 2005 | 9.509078 |
| 2004 | 10.195032 |
| 2003 | 11.250178 |
| 2002 | 10.33384 |
| 2001 | 10.430784 |
| 2000 | 10.170421 |
| 1999 | 11.021205 |
| 1998 | 11.54511 |
| 1997 | 12.381705 |
| 1996 | 14.231168 |
| 1995 | 11.780834 |
| 1994 | 12.422385 |
| 1993 | 11.6743 |
| 1992 | 11.278738 |
| 1991 | 12.437001 |
| 1990 | 10.402008 |
| 1989 | 9.485271 |
| 1988 | 10.724705 |
| 1987 | 11.360324 |
| 1986 | 11.483198 |
| 1985 | 11.729692 |
| 1984 | 9.934672 |
| 1983 | 9.796097 |
| 1982 | 10.476787 |
| 1981 | 10.098261 |
| 1980 | 11.768277 |
| 1979 | 12.294221 |
| 1978 | 11.956174 |
| 1977 | 12.138784 |
| 1976 | 11.839007 |
| 1975 | 11.009463 |
| 1974 | 10.903103 |
| 1973 | 11.788205 |
| 1972 | 11.935942 |
| 1971 | 11.485715 |
| 1970 | 12.588185 |
| 1969 | 12.132536 |
| 1968 | 10.952145 |
| 1967 | 10.14095 |
| 1966 | 10.440621 |
| 1965 | 9.309915 |
| 1964 | 9.139952 |
| 1963 | 8.684139 |
| 1962 | 7.9407873 |
| 1961 | 6.877119 |
| 1960 | 6.498855 |
| 1959 | 5.7253976 |
| 1958 | 5.934712 |
| 1957 | 5.547602 |
| 1956 | 5.9071484 |
| 1955 | 6.10051 |
| 1954 | 5.8078585 |
| 1953 | 5.3005633 |
| 1952 | 5.289072 |
| 1951 | 5.100244 |
| 1950 | 5.1555786 |
| 1949 | 3.9922931 |
| 1948 | 4.078243 |
| 1947 | 5.181152 |
| 1946 | 4.307488 |
| 1945 | 3.4658437 |
| 1944 | 5.0599732 |
| 1943 | 5.2011013 |
| 1942 | 4.1996107 |
| 1941 | 4.481733 |
| 1940 | 3.855321 |
| 1939 | 4.278717 |
| 1938 | 3.8729396 |
| 1937 | 4.347294 |
| 1936 | 4.242592 |
| 1935 | 4.133155 |
| 1934 | 3.999648 |
| 1933 | 3.6814446 |
| 1932 | 3.725938 |
| 1931 | 4.0060887 |
| 1930 | 3.8943055 |
| 1929 | 4.3025503 |
| 1928 | 3.6029875 |
| 1927 | 3.8576047 |
| 1926 | 3.0572312 |
| 1925 | 3.1588998 |
| 1924 | 3.6684048 |
| 1923 | 3.1570709 |
| 1922 | 2.9201694 |
| 1921 | 2.074887 |
| 1920 | 2.2189536 |
| 1919 | 2.5681522 |
| 1918 | 2.7356389 |
| 1917 | 2.3717608 |
| 1916 | 3.2976382 |
| 1915 | 3.4145477 |
| 1914 | 3.2273786 |
| 1913 | 3.1860123 |
| 1912 | 3.1419694 |
| 1911 | 2.68117 |
| 1910 | 2.546705 |
| 1909 | 2.8069208 |
| 1908 | 2.567322 |
| 1907 | 2.094084 |
| 1906 | 2.3772252 |
| 1905 | 2.2088718 |
| 1904 | 2.297852 |
| 1903 | 2.155566 |
| 1902 | 2.0960908 |
| 1901 | 2.0656397 |
| 1900 | 2.0067258 |
| 1899 | 2.0700932 |
| 1898 | 1.915175 |
| 1897 | 1.8640432 |
| 1896 | 1.7577783 |
| 1895 | 1.452626 |
| 1894 | 1.41683 |
| 1893 | 1.2627403 |
| 1892 | 1.3501059 |
| 1891 | 1.328456 |
| 1890 | 1.2484511 |
| 1889 | 1.3161232 |
| 1888 | 1.2447714 |
| 1887 | 1.1173227 |
| 1886 | 1.1000811 |
| 1885 | 1.1594682 |
| 1884 | 1.1167043 |
| 1883 | 1.1327895 |
| 1882 | 0.99552697 |
| 1881 | 0.9373464 |
| 1880 | 0.89376026 |
| 1879 | 0.79237485 |
| 1878 | 0.7086475 |
| 1877 | 0.75363845 |
| 1876 | 0.7701726 |
| 1875 | 0.735234 |
| 1874 | 0.6323806 |
| 1873 | 0.5914867 |
| 1872 | 0.59157795 |
| 1871 | 0.6224686 |
| 1870 | 0.6055265 |
| 1869 | 0.5059297 |
| 1868 | 0.58659893 |
| 1867 | 0.5007911 |
| 1866 | 0.51835066 |
| 1865 | 0.5669314 |
| 1864 | 0.366177 |
| 1863 | 0.4307764 |
| 1862 | 0.391042 |
| 1861 | 0.45737273 |
| 1860 | 0.31993544 |
| 1859 | 0.37400877 |
| 1858 | 0.29663193 |
| 1857 | 0.40566128 |
| 1856 | 0.40163347 |
| 1855 | 0.2848723 |
| 1854 | 0.2907438 |
| 1853 | 0.23078 |
| 1852 | 0.21696289 |
| 1851 | 0.2050839 |
| 1850 | 0.22696479 |
| 1849 | 0.1825796 |
| 1848 | 0.21192104 |
| 1847 | 0.11835186 |
| 1846 | 0.15768525 |
| 1845 | 0.14641872 |
| 1844 | 0.111560985 |
| 1843 | 0.09695444 |