Denmark vs Germany: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?

Denmark

8.32 tonnes per person

in 2023

Germany

9.09 tonnes per person

in 2023

Denmark rank

31st

Germany rank

28th

Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time

Germany currently reports 9.09 tonnes per person against 8.32 tonnes per person in Denmark, a difference of 0.7721 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Germany ahead.

Denmark ranks 31st and Germany ranks 28th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.