Denmark vs Norway: Per capita methane emissions

Denmark
1.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Norway
1.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Denmark rank
40th
Norway rank
43rd

Per capita methane emissions over time

  • Denmark
  • Norway
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 1.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Norway, a difference of 0.2033 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 40th and Norway ranks 43rd of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (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
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.