Austria vs Denmark: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Austria
-541,300 tonnes
in 2024
Denmark
-462,022 tonnes
in 2024
Austria rank
188th
Denmark rank
186th
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Austria
- Denmark
How they compare
Denmark currently reports -462,022 tonnes against -541,300 tonnes in Austria, a difference of 79,278 tonnes.
The two have swapped places 89 times across 181 shared years of data; in 1844 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 188th and Denmark ranks 186th of 215 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 14 and Denmark in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 165,491 tonnes | 22,595 tonnes | 142,896 tonnes | Austria |
| 1850s | 360,538 tonnes | 35,541 tonnes | 324,997 tonnes | Austria |
| 1860s | 61,921 tonnes | 31,877 tonnes | 30,044 tonnes | Austria |
| 1870s | 237,793 tonnes | 68,883 tonnes | 168,910 tonnes | Austria |
| 1880s | 401,204 tonnes | 135,934 tonnes | 265,269 tonnes | Austria |
| 1890s | 1.19 million tonnes | 225,702 tonnes | 968,394 tonnes | Austria |
| 1900s | 1.88 million tonnes | 275,533 tonnes | 1.61 million tonnes | Austria |
| 1910s | -4.06 million tonnes | 23,083 tonnes | 4.09 million tonnes | Denmark |
| 1920s | 2.12 million tonnes | 688,875 tonnes | 1.43 million tonnes | Austria |
| 1930s | -1.78 million tonnes | 117,657 tonnes | 1.90 million tonnes | Denmark |
| 1940s | 2.02 million tonnes | 57,837 tonnes | 1.97 million tonnes | Austria |
| 1950s | 137,229 tonnes | 916,150 tonnes | 778,921 tonnes | Denmark |
| 1960s | 1.67 million tonnes | 3.33 million tonnes | 1.66 million tonnes | Denmark |
| 1970s | 1.67 million tonnes | 355,790 tonnes | 1.31 million tonnes | Austria |
| 1980s | -762,886 tonnes | -1.42 million tonnes | 659,377 tonnes | Austria |
| 1990s | 1.19 million tonnes | 996,761 tonnes | 198,199 tonnes | Austria |
| 2000s | 163,406 tonnes | -980,138 tonnes | 1.14 million tonnes | Austria |
| 2010s | 64,946 tonnes | -1.79 million tonnes | 1.86 million tonnes | Austria |
| 2020s | -2.32 million tonnes | -516,224 tonnes | 1.80 million tonnes | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Austria or Denmark?
- Denmark, at -462,022 tonnes against -541,300 tonnes in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Austria and Denmark?
- 79,278 tonnes, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Denmark?
- 181 years are reported by both, from 1844 to 2024.
- How do Austria and Denmark rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
- Austria ranks 188th and Denmark ranks 186th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.