Denmark vs Sweden: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Denmark

19.07 million tonnes

in 2024

Sweden

17.12 million tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

58th

Sweden rank

60th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Denmark currently reports 19.07 million tonnes against 17.12 million tonnes in Sweden, a difference of 1.95 million tonnes.

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

Across all 35 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 58th and Sweden ranks 60th 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.