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

Denmark

8.32 tonnes per person

in 2023

Netherlands

8.3 tonnes per person

in 2023

Denmark rank

31st

Netherlands rank

32nd

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

Denmark currently reports 8.32 tonnes per person against 8.3 tonnes per person in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0182 tonnes per person.

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

Denmark ranks 31st and Netherlands ranks 32nd 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.