Denmark vs Ireland: Cumulative CO₂ emissions by source

Denmark

16.75 million tonnes

in 2024

Ireland

22.33 million tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

35th

Ireland rank

34th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions by source over time

Ireland currently reports 22.33 million tonnes against 16.75 million tonnes in Denmark, a difference of 5.58 million tonnes.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.3 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 35th and Ireland ranks 34th of 46 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions by source
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: 46 places, 1,734 data points, 1904–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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