Denmark vs Germany: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Denmark

8.32 tonnes per person

in 2023

Germany

9.09 tonnes per person

in 2023

Denmark rank

31st

Germany rank

28th

Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions 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: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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.