Denmark vs Norway: Cumulative CO₂ emissions by source

Denmark

16.75 million tonnes

in 2024

Norway

23.75 million tonnes

in 2024

Denmark rank

35th

Norway rank

33rd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions by source over time

Norway currently reports 23.75 million tonnes against 16.75 million tonnes in Denmark, a difference of 7.00 million tonnes.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.4 times Denmark's.

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

Denmark ranks 35th and Norway ranks 33rd 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.