Denmark CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Denmark emit in 2018?

Denmark emitted 34.61 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.09% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Denmark in 2018?

In 2018, Denmark emitted 6.0 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 5766689.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 34.61 million tonnes emitted by Denmark in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 19.97 3.46
Gas 6.48 1.12
Coal 6.36 1.1
Cement 1.16 0.2
Flaring 0.23 0.04

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