Denmark vs Sweden: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Denmark

1.86 billion tonnes

in 2024

Sweden

1.53 billion tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

34th

Sweden rank

37th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Denmark currently reports 1.86 billion tonnes against 1.53 billion tonnes in Sweden, a difference of 326.06 million tonnes.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 182 shared years of data; in 1843 it was Sweden ahead.

Denmark ranks 34th and Sweden ranks 37th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative 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

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.