Denmark
CO₂ per person in Denmark
CO₂ per person in Denmark: 12.57 tonnes in 1970 and 4.28 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 4.28 tonnes
- Since 1970
- −8.29 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 62 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 14.06 tonnes in 1996, the lowest 4.28 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Denmark | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.28 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.41 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.83 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 5.05 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.77 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 5.17 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 5.79 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 5.82 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 6.23 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 6.41 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 7.18 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 6.9 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 7.81 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 8.75 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 8.77 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 9.21 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 9.86 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 10.78 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 9.35 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 10.01 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 11.07 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 10.09 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 10.22 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 9.95 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 10.76 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 11.36 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 12.16 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 14.06 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 11.58 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 12.23 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 11.51 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 11.1 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 12.24 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 10.2 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 10.09 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 11.21 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 11.98 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 12.38 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 12.27 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 10.75 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 10.42 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 11.11 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 10.65 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 12.66 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 12.79 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 12.15 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 12.2 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 11.9 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 10.81 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 10.38 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 11.71 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 11.97 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 11.62 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 12.57 | 4.15 |
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
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- Military spending3.25% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$14.1B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,495 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports278 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports165 million TIV in 2025