emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark

Denmark: emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate was -2.02 % change on previous year in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
-2.02 % change on previous year
Change on year
down 1,350.0%
World rank
172nd
of 219 countries
All-time high
46.04 % change on previous year
in 1960
All-time low
-21.82 % change on previous year
in 1945
Years of data
272
1751–2022

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark, 1751–2022

-2002040175118862022

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark is -2.02 % change on previous year, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1,350.0% on the previous year and up 69.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark peaked at 46.04 % change on previous year in 1960 and was at its lowest, -21.82 % change on previous year, in 1945.

Denmark ranks 172nd of 219 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark, year by year

Annual values for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark, 1751 to 2022.
Year % change on previous year Change
1751 0.0786 % change on previous year —
1752 0.0769 % change on previous year -2.1%
1753 0.0741 % change on previous year -3.6%
1754 0.0725 % change on previous year -2.2%
1755 0.0703 % change on previous year -3.0%
1756 0.0681 % change on previous year -3.1%
1757 0.0664 % change on previous year -2.4%
1758 0.0637 % change on previous year -4.1%
1759 0.0621 % change on previous year -2.6%
1760 0.0599 % change on previous year -3.5%
1761 0.0705 % change on previous year +17.8%
1762 0.0678 % change on previous year -3.9%
1763 0.0662 % change on previous year -2.4%
1764 0.064 % change on previous year -3.3%
1765 0.0618 % change on previous year -3.4%
1766 0.0596 % change on previous year -3.5%
1767 0.0575 % change on previous year -3.6%
1768 0.0559 % change on previous year -2.8%
1769 0.0532 % change on previous year -4.8%
1770 0.051 % change on previous year -4.1%
1771 0.0616 % change on previous year +20.8%
1772 0.0594 % change on previous year -3.5%
1773 0.0573 % change on previous year -3.6%
1774 0.0551 % change on previous year -3.8%
1775 0.053 % change on previous year -3.9%
1776 0.0503 % change on previous year -5.1%
1777 0.0487 % change on previous year -3.2%
1778 0.046 % change on previous year -5.5%
1779 0.0444 % change on previous year -3.5%
1780 0.0418 % change on previous year -6.0%
1781 0.0523 % change on previous year +25.3%
1782 0.0502 % change on previous year -4.1%
1783 0.048 % change on previous year -4.3%
1784 0.0454 % change on previous year -5.5%
1785 0.0432 % change on previous year -4.7%
1786 0.0411 % change on previous year -4.9%
1787 0.039 % change on previous year -5.2%
1788 0.0369 % change on previous year -5.4%
1789 0.0342 % change on previous year -7.2%
1790 0.0321 % change on previous year -6.2%
1791 0.0426 % change on previous year +32.7%
1792 0.04 % change on previous year -6.2%
1793 0.0378 % change on previous year -5.3%
1794 0.0357 % change on previous year -5.6%
1795 0.0331 % change on previous year -7.4%
1796 0.031 % change on previous year -6.4%
1797 0.0283 % change on previous year -8.5%
1798 0.0262 % change on previous year -7.4%
1799 0.0241 % change on previous year -8.0%
1800 0.0215 % change on previous year -10.9%
1801 0.032 % change on previous year +48.7%
1802 0.0299 % change on previous year -6.6%
1803 0.0267 % change on previous year -10.6%
1804 0.0252 % change on previous year -5.9%
1805 0.0225 % change on previous year -10.4%
1806 0.0199 % change on previous year -11.6%
1807 0.0173 % change on previous year -13.2%
1808 0.0157 % change on previous year -9.1%
1809 0.0126 % change on previous year -20.0%
1810 0.0105 % change on previous year -16.7%
1811 0.8054 % change on previous year +7594.2%
1812 0.7907 % change on previous year -1.8%
1813 0.7772 % change on previous year -1.7%
1814 0.7636 % change on previous year -1.8%
1815 0.7497 % change on previous year -1.8%
1816 0.7371 % change on previous year -1.7%
1817 0.7242 % change on previous year -1.7%
1818 0.7115 % change on previous year -1.7%
1819 0.6991 % change on previous year -1.7%
1820 0.6869 % change on previous year -1.7%
1821 0.6657 % change on previous year -3.1%
1822 0.6541 % change on previous year -1.7%
1823 0.6426 % change on previous year -1.7%
1824 0.6318 % change on previous year -1.7%
1825 0.6208 % change on previous year -1.8%
1826 0.6094 % change on previous year -1.8%
1827 0.5996 % change on previous year -1.6%
1828 0.5886 % change on previous year -1.8%
1829 0.5782 % change on previous year -1.8%
1830 0.5685 % change on previous year -1.7%
1831 0.292 % change on previous year -48.6%
1832 0.2866 % change on previous year -1.9%
1833 0.2812 % change on previous year -1.9%
1834 0.2755 % change on previous year -2.1%
1835 0.2697 % change on previous year -2.1%
1836 0.2645 % change on previous year -1.9%
1837 0.2589 % change on previous year -2.1%
1838 0.2537 % change on previous year -2.0%
1839 0.2482 % change on previous year -2.2%
1840 0.2426 % change on previous year -2.2%
1841 0.6634 % change on previous year +173.4%
1842 0.6511 % change on previous year -1.9%
1843 0.9336 % change on previous year +43.4%
1844 0.6726 % change on previous year -28.0%
1845 0.723 % change on previous year +7.5%
1846 0.6402 % change on previous year -11.5%
1847 0.4745 % change on previous year -25.9%
1848 0.8716 % change on previous year +83.7%
1849 0.4833 % change on previous year -44.5%
1850 0.7159 % change on previous year +48.1%
1851 0.8995 % change on previous year +25.7%
1852 1.01 % change on previous year +12.5%
1853 0.7985 % change on previous year -21.1%
1854 1.02 % change on previous year +27.6%
1855 0.9072 % change on previous year -11.0%
1856 1.4 % change on previous year +54.4%
1857 0.8005 % change on previous year -42.9%
1858 -0.1313 % change on previous year -116.4%
1859 1.11 % change on previous year -942.5%
1860 0.2 % change on previous year -81.9%
1861 1.55 % change on previous year +676.5%
1862 0.0287 % change on previous year -98.2%
1863 0.7338 % change on previous year +2454.5%
1864 -0.3518 % change on previous year -147.9%
1865 1.71 % change on previous year -586.8%
1866 -0.1192 % change on previous year -107.0%
1867 0.2149 % change on previous year -280.3%
1868 0.9838 % change on previous year +357.8%
1869 -0.4009 % change on previous year -140.7%
1870 0.9984 % change on previous year -349.0%
1871 0.008 % change on previous year -99.2%
1872 -0.4724 % change on previous year -5999.5%
1873 -0.1521 % change on previous year -67.8%
1874 0.29 % change on previous year -290.7%
1875 0.8844 % change on previous year +204.9%
1876 0.1108 % change on previous year -87.5%
1877 -0.29 % change on previous year -361.8%
1878 -0.6813 % change on previous year +135.0%
1879 0.5192 % change on previous year -176.2%
1880 0.5481 % change on previous year +5.6%
1881 -0.3013 % change on previous year -155.0%
1882 -0.2192 % change on previous year -27.2%
1883 0.5258 % change on previous year -339.9%
1884 -0.9471 % change on previous year -280.1%
1885 -0.2534 % change on previous year -73.2%
1886 -1.01 % change on previous year +298.7%
1887 -0.308 % change on previous year -69.5%
1888 0.848 % change on previous year -375.3%
1889 0.1936 % change on previous year -77.2%
1890 -1.52 % change on previous year -887.7%
1891 0.4252 % change on previous year -127.9%
1892 0.1709 % change on previous year -59.8%
1893 -2.27 % change on previous year -1426.8%
1894 1.9 % change on previous year -183.8%
1895 0.4214 % change on previous year -77.8%
1896 3.22 % change on previous year +663.5%
1897 0.1431 % change on previous year -95.6%
1898 -0.7028 % change on previous year -591.3%
1899 0.6353 % change on previous year -190.4%
1900 -2.51 % change on previous year -494.9%
1901 -0.3407 % change on previous year -86.4%
1902 -0.8235 % change on previous year +141.7%
1903 -0.3633 % change on previous year -55.9%
1904 0.8341 % change on previous year -329.6%
1905 -2.51 % change on previous year -400.8%
1906 1.24 % change on previous year -149.6%
1907 -5.49 % change on previous year -541.4%
1908 6.28 % change on previous year -214.4%
1909 2.47 % change on previous year -60.6%
1910 -4.96 % change on previous year -300.5%
1911 -0.5017 % change on previous year -89.9%
1912 4.17 % change on previous year -931.6%
1913 -2.18 % change on previous year -152.2%
1914 -2.26 % change on previous year +3.8%
1915 -0.3767 % change on previous year -83.3%
1916 3.09 % change on previous year -920.2%
1917 -10.68 % change on previous year -445.8%
1918 10.86 % change on previous year -201.7%
1919 0.3956 % change on previous year -96.4%
1920 -4.13 % change on previous year -1145.1%
1921 -7.31 % change on previous year +76.8%
1922 14.06 % change on previous year -292.4%
1923 -0.8104 % change on previous year -105.8%
1924 3.13 % change on previous year -486.5%
1925 -13.43 % change on previous year -528.9%
1926 -4.18 % change on previous year -68.8%
1927 11.18 % change on previous year -367.2%
1928 -8.12 % change on previous year -172.6%
1929 8.51 % change on previous year -204.8%
1930 -8.55 % change on previous year -200.5%
1931 1.47 % change on previous year -117.2%
1932 -5.01 % change on previous year -441.3%
1933 -1.92 % change on previous year -61.6%
1934 4.08 % change on previous year -311.9%
1935 1.44 % change on previous year -64.7%
1936 5.09 % change on previous year +253.5%
1937 5.35 % change on previous year +5.3%
1938 -4.97 % change on previous year -192.8%
1939 10.88 % change on previous year -319.0%
1940 -4 % change on previous year -136.7%
1941 11.86 % change on previous year -396.9%
1942 -5.11 % change on previous year -143.1%
1943 18.25 % change on previous year -457.2%
1944 -1.91 % change on previous year -110.5%
1945 -21.82 % change on previous year +1041.3%
1946 21.32 % change on previous year -197.7%
1947 19.62 % change on previous year -8.0%
1948 -13.6 % change on previous year -169.3%
1949 2.82 % change on previous year -120.8%
1950 45.11 % change on previous year +1498.7%
1951 4.63 % change on previous year -89.7%
1952 7.41 % change on previous year +60.2%
1953 1.9 % change on previous year -74.4%
1954 10.3 % change on previous year +442.2%
1955 12.02 % change on previous year +16.7%
1956 -0.0955 % change on previous year -100.8%
1957 -1.26 % change on previous year +1215.3%
1958 4.92 % change on previous year -491.5%
1959 3.56 % change on previous year -27.6%
1960 46.04 % change on previous year +1193.2%
1961 1.91 % change on previous year -95.9%
1962 4.05 % change on previous year +111.9%
1963 2.83 % change on previous year -30.1%
1964 -1.54 % change on previous year -154.3%
1965 -4.68 % change on previous year +204.7%
1966 -4.03 % change on previous year -13.9%
1967 -1.82 % change on previous year -54.8%
1968 -7.07 % change on previous year +288.0%
1969 4.19 % change on previous year -159.3%
1970 -5.37 % change on previous year -228.1%
1971 -8.96 % change on previous year +67.0%
1972 4.71 % change on previous year -152.6%
1973 4.35 % change on previous year -7.7%
1974 -13.36 % change on previous year -407.0%
1975 -2.78 % change on previous year -79.2%
1976 3.87 % change on previous year -239.3%
1977 1.02 % change on previous year -73.7%
1978 6.6 % change on previous year +549.6%
1979 1.08 % change on previous year -83.7%
1980 -2.49 % change on previous year -330.8%
1981 -0.0963 % change on previous year -96.1%
1982 -0.3846 % change on previous year +299.5%
1983 -0.9978 % change on previous year +159.4%
1984 1.5 % change on previous year -249.9%
1985 1.08 % change on previous year -27.6%
1986 -3.06 % change on previous year -382.4%
1987 -2.55 % change on previous year -16.7%
1988 -5.57 % change on previous year +118.6%
1989 -5.97 % change on previous year +7.1%
1990 0.3623 % change on previous year -106.1%
1991 4.43 % change on previous year +1123.1%
1992 -2.45 % change on previous year -155.2%
1993 -1.46 % change on previous year -40.4%
1994 -5.6 % change on previous year +284.2%
1995 -5.34 % change on previous year -4.6%
1996 -2.8 % change on previous year -47.6%
1997 -8.02 % change on previous year +186.2%
1998 -6.17 % change on previous year -23.0%
1999 -9.06 % change on previous year +46.8%
2000 -4.02 % change on previous year -55.6%
2001 -2.05 % change on previous year -49.0%
2002 -5.72 % change on previous year +179.0%
2003 0.3791 % change on previous year -106.6%
2004 -3.87 % change on previous year -1121.2%
2005 0.058 % change on previous year -101.5%
2006 -3.35 % change on previous year -5876.4%
2007 1.81 % change on previous year -154.0%
2008 -5.29 % change on previous year -392.1%
2009 -9.54 % change on previous year +80.4%
2010 -2.4 % change on previous year -74.8%
2011 -11.51 % change on previous year +379.5%
2012 -6.55 % change on previous year -43.1%
2013 -4.66 % change on previous year -28.8%
2014 -8.13 % change on previous year +74.4%
2015 1.31 % change on previous year -116.1%
2016 -3.12 % change on previous year -339.2%
2017 -4.35 % change on previous year +39.2%
2018 -7.17 % change on previous year +64.8%
2019 -6.94 % change on previous year -3.1%
2020 -7.46 % change on previous year +7.5%
2021 0.1619 % change on previous year -102.2%
2022 -2.02 % change on previous year -1350.0%

Denmark compared with similar countries

  • Denmark's -2.02 % change on previous year is below the median for high income countries, which is -0.2183 % change on previous year, 9.3× the median. (78 countries reporting)
  • Denmark's -2.02 % change on previous year is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -1.53 % change on previous year, 1.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1811 +7594.2% 0.0105 % change on previous year 0.8054 % change on previous year
1872 -5999.5% 0.008 % change on previous year -0.4724 % change on previous year
2006 -5876.4% 0.058 % change on previous year -3.35 % change on previous year
1863 +2454.5% 0.0287 % change on previous year 0.7338 % change on previous year
1950 +1498.7% 2.82 % change on previous year 45.11 % change on previous year
1893 -1426.8% 0.1709 % change on previous year -2.27 % change on previous year

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1750s 0.0703 % change on previous year 0.0621 % change on previous year 0.0786 % change on previous year 9
1760s 0.0616 % change on previous year 0.0532 % change on previous year 0.0705 % change on previous year 10
1770s 0.0527 % change on previous year 0.0444 % change on previous year 0.0616 % change on previous year 10
1780s 0.0432 % change on previous year 0.0342 % change on previous year 0.0523 % change on previous year 10
1790s 0.0331 % change on previous year 0.0241 % change on previous year 0.0426 % change on previous year 10
1800s 0.0223 % change on previous year 0.0126 % change on previous year 0.032 % change on previous year 10
1810s 0.6769 % change on previous year 0.0105 % change on previous year 0.8054 % change on previous year 10
1820s 0.6278 % change on previous year 0.5782 % change on previous year 0.6869 % change on previous year 10
1830s 0.2999 % change on previous year 0.2482 % change on previous year 0.5685 % change on previous year 10
1840s 0.6356 % change on previous year 0.2426 % change on previous year 0.9336 % change on previous year 10
1850s 0.8528 % change on previous year -0.1313 % change on previous year 1.4 % change on previous year 10
1860s 0.4555 % change on previous year -0.4009 % change on previous year 1.71 % change on previous year 10
1870s 0.1215 % change on previous year -0.6813 % change on previous year 0.9984 % change on previous year 10
1880s -0.0924 % change on previous year -1.01 % change on previous year 0.848 % change on previous year 10
1890s 0.2418 % change on previous year -2.27 % change on previous year 3.22 % change on previous year 10
1900s -0.1205 % change on previous year -5.49 % change on previous year 6.28 % change on previous year 10
1910s -0.2446 % change on previous year -10.68 % change on previous year 10.86 % change on previous year 10
1920s -0.1107 % change on previous year -13.43 % change on previous year 14.06 % change on previous year 10
1930s 0.7854 % change on previous year -8.55 % change on previous year 10.88 % change on previous year 10
1940s 2.74 % change on previous year -21.82 % change on previous year 21.32 % change on previous year 10
1950s 8.85 % change on previous year -1.26 % change on previous year 45.11 % change on previous year 10
1960s 3.99 % change on previous year -7.07 % change on previous year 46.04 % change on previous year 10
1970s -0.8832 % change on previous year -13.36 % change on previous year 6.6 % change on previous year 10
1980s -1.85 % change on previous year -5.97 % change on previous year 1.5 % change on previous year 10
1990s -3.61 % change on previous year -9.06 % change on previous year 4.43 % change on previous year 10
2000s -3.16 % change on previous year -9.54 % change on previous year 1.81 % change on previous year 10
2010s -5.35 % change on previous year -11.51 % change on previous year 1.31 % change on previous year 10
2020s -3.11 % change on previous year -7.46 % change on previous year 0.1619 % change on previous year 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark?
Emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Denmark was -2.02 % change on previous year in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 46.04 % change on previous year in 1960.
What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was -21.82 % change on previous year in 1945.
How does Denmark rank for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate?
Denmark ranks 172nd out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
Is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is up 69.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Denmark data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate
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% change on previous year
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Statizoid (derived)
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Coverage
219 places, 59,468 data points, 1751–2022
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The year-on-year percentage change in emissions of air pollutants. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.