Colombia vs Denmark: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil

Colombia

1.97 billion tonnes

in 2024

Denmark

1.94 billion tonnes

in 2024

Colombia rank

43rd

Denmark rank

44th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time

Colombia currently reports 1.97 billion tonnes against 1.94 billion tonnes in Denmark, a difference of 36.85 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Denmark ahead.

Colombia ranks 43rd and Denmark ranks 44th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
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, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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