Denmark vs Japan: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Denmark

19.07 million tonnes

in 2024

Japan

17.19 million tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

58th

Japan rank

59th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Denmark currently reports 19.07 million tonnes against 17.19 million tonnes in Japan, a difference of 1.88 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Japan ahead.

Denmark ranks 58th and Japan ranks 59th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
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: 215 places, 12,483 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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