Waste — Emissions in Denmark

Denmark: Waste — Emissions was 4.05 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
4.05 kt
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
72nd
of 158 countries
All-time high
4.05 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0 kt
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Waste — Emissions in Denmark, 1961–2023

01234196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

In 2023, waste — emissions in Denmark stood at 4.05 kt. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, waste — emissions in Denmark peaked at 4.05 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 kt, in 1961.

Denmark ranks 72nd of 158 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0 kt 0 kt 0 kt 9
1970s 1.9 kt 1.59 kt 2.2 kt 10
1980s 2.52 kt 2.26 kt 2.79 kt 10
1990s 3.09 kt 2.84 kt 3.38 kt 10
2000s 3.62 kt 3.39 kt 3.78 kt 10
2010s 3.89 kt 3.82 kt 3.96 kt 10
2020s 4.01 kt 3.98 kt 4.05 kt 4

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 69 Slovenia 4.89 kt compare
  2. 70 Ecuador 4.7 kt compare
  3. 71 Romania 4.67 kt compare
  4. 73 Kyrgyzstan 3.92 kt compare
  5. 74 Guinea 3.87 kt compare
  6. 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.83 kt compare

See the full ranking of 192 places →

More climate change data for Denmark

All data for Denmark →

Frequently asked questions

What is waste — emissions in Denmark?
Waste — emissions in Denmark was 4.05 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest waste — emissions recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 4.05 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest waste — emissions recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 0 kt in 1961.
How does Denmark rank for waste — emissions?
Denmark ranks 72nd out of 158 countries with data for 2023.
Is waste — emissions rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Denmark data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Waste — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
192 places, 11,013 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf