Climate Change in Denmark

1,404 indicators covering climate change for Denmark.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of primary energy that is low-carbon vs. GDP per capita 33.9% 2025 up 98.1% 11th
Primary energy from low-carbon energy 48.68 terawatt-hours 2025 up 62.5% 49th
Primary energy from low-carbon energy per person 8,109 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 53.9% 18th
Food Processing — Energy Use 1,791 TJ 2023 down 17.2% 20th
Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita 8.11 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 53.9% 17th
Forestland — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — UNFCCC -3,418 kt 2022 up 6.0% 23rd
Wool, degreased or carbonized, not carded or combed — Export quantity 64.68 t 2023 down 52.1% 45th
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases 135.22 kt 2023 up 803.7% 17th
Share of global annual CO₂ emissions from other industry 0.1% 2024 up 6.9% 32nd
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from other industry 0.1% 2024 down 6.7% 35th
Greenhouse Gas Footprints (GHGFP) 2025 edition: Principal indicators 0.149 Kilogrammes of CO2-equivalent per US dollar 2022 down 48.4% 60th
Greenhouse Gas Footprints (GHGFP) 2025 edition: Principal indicators 0.18 Kilogrammes of CO2-equivalent per US dollar 2022 down 52.5% 41st
Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and other mixtures with calcium 421.21 1000 USD 2024 down 91.4% 31st
Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and other mixtures with calcium 1,229 t 2024 down 91.2% 29th
Wool, degreased or carbonized, not carded or combed — Other uses 2.2 t 2023 down 100.0% 68th
Pre- and post-production — Energy Use 11,855 TJ 2023 up 0.6% 15th
Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Energy Use 11,855 TJ 2023 up 0.6% 15th
Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems 21.01 million tonnes CO₂e 2015 down 15.5% 94th
Number of deaths and missing persons attributed to disasters per 10.24 2024 19th
Number of deaths and missing persons attributed to disasters 612 2024 28th
Number of deaths due to disaster 612 2024 26th
Net Forest conversion — Area — UNFCCC 4.92 1000 ha 2022 up 86.6% 46th
Air transport emissions 95.93 Tonnes 2024 down 12.1% 20th
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) 149.26 kt 2022 up 289.0% 45th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 11,501 kt 2020 up 1.5% 44th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC 236.47 kt 2020 down 1.5% 46th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC 6,621 kt 2020 down 1.5% 46th
Electricity generation - Regions — Carbon intensity of electricity 196.82 Grammes of CO2-equivalent per kilowatt hour 2023 down 57.9% 23rd
Food Retail — Energy Use 10,612 TJ 2023 up 0.5% 10th
Number of people affected by disaster 13,007 2024 65th
Number of directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 217.6 2024 56th
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 17.46 kt 2020 up 3.8% 43rd
IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC 4,626 kt 2020 up 3.8% 43rd
Food Packaging — Energy Use 26.76 TJ 2023 down 30.0% 30th
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC 148.37 kt 2020 up 1.3% 45th
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC 4,154 kt 2020 up 1.3% 45th
Enteric Fermentation — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 4,154 kt 2020 up 1.3% 45th
Manure Management — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 3,063 kt 2020 down 7.7% 22nd
Coal — Energy use in agriculture 258.52 TJ 2023 down 91.7% 14th
Coal — Emissions 24.46 kt 2023 down 91.7% 14th
Coal — Emissions 0.0776 kt 2023 down 91.7% 14th
Coal — Emissions 0.0004 kt 2023 down 91.5% 14th
Heat — Energy use in agriculture 1,415 TJ 2023 down 10.7% 10th
Heat — Emissions 78.95 kt 2023 down 10.7% 11th
Heat — Emissions 0.2453 kt 2023 down 10.7% 10th
Heat — Emissions 0.0013 kt 2023 down 13.3% 10th
Number of injured or ill people attributed to disasters 13,007 2024 22nd
Manure Management — Emissions (CH4) — UNFCCC 87.95 kt 2020 down 6.0% 17th
Manure Management — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — UNFCCC 2,463 kt 2020 down 6.0% 17th
Food Processing — Energy Use 1,216 TJ 2023 up 2.3% 17th
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 15.19 kt 2020 up 7.1% 33rd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC 4,025 kt 2020 up 7.1% 33rd
Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 4,025 kt 2020 up 7.1% 33rd
Manure Management — Emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 2.26 kt 2020 down 13.9% 27th
Manure Management — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — UNFCCC 599.99 kt 2020 down 13.9% 27th
LULUCF — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC 2,133 kt 2019 down 18.9% 19th
LULUCF — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — UNFCCC 2,133 kt 2019 down 18.9% 19th
Agricultural Soils — Direct emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 13.41 kt 2020 up 7.9% 25th
Agricultural Soils — Indirect emissions (N2O) — UNFCCC 1.77 kt 2020 up 1.3% 29th
Forestland — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC -2,200 kt 2020 up 4.2% 10th