Denmark vs Ireland: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Denmark

1.80 million tonnes

in 2024

Ireland

1.95 million tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

81st

Ireland rank

80th

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Ireland currently reports 1.95 million tonnes against 1.80 million tonnes in Denmark, a difference of 144,440 tonnes.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 114 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Ireland ahead.

Denmark ranks 81st and Ireland ranks 80th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.