Denmark vs France: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Denmark

0.3016 tonnes per person

in 2024

France

0.2926 tonnes per person

in 2024

Denmark rank

66th

France rank

67th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Denmark currently reports 0.3016 tonnes per person against 0.2926 tonnes per person in France, a difference of 0.0091 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 182 shared years of data; in 1843 it was France ahead.

Denmark ranks 66th and France ranks 67th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 17,915 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.