Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Denmark

Nitrous oxide emissions in Denmark in 2024 — 4.69 Mt. Ranked 116 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 828.9%.

2024 4.69 Mt −1.92% vs 2023
World rank 116of 201
Period maximum 9.72 Mt1983
Period minimum 0.51 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Denmark, 1850–202402.557.510185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.51 Mt1853: 0.53 Mt1856: 0.55 Mt1859: 0.57 Mt1862: 0.58 Mt1865: 0.58 Mt1868: 0.59 Mt1871: 0.6 Mt1874: 0.68 Mt1877: 0.79 Mt1880: 0.87 Mt1883: 0.89 Mt1886: 0.91 Mt1889: 0.93 Mt1892: 1.03 Mt1895: 1.23 Mt1898: 1.36 Mt1901: 1.4 Mt1904: 1.35 Mt1907: 1.29 Mt1910: 1.27 Mt1913: 1.29 Mt1916: 1.31 Mt1919: 1.35 Mt1922: 1.39 Mt1925: 1.46 Mt1928: 1.54 Mt1931: 1.61 Mt1934: 1.72 Mt1937: 1.85 Mt1940: 1.95 Mt1943: 2.53 Mt1946: 3.66 Mt1949: 4.56 Mt1952: 4.84 Mt1955: 5.2 Mt1958: 5.66 Mt1961: 6.33 Mt1964: 6.87 Mt1967: 7.7 Mt1970: 8.12 Mt1973: 8.14 Mt1976: 7.07 Mt1979: 8.16 Mt1982: 8.26 Mt1985: 7.18 Mt1988: 7.05 Mt1991: 7.11 Mt1994: 6.61 Mt1997: 6.57 Mt2000: 6.31 Mt2003: 6.07 Mt2006: 5.05 Mt2009: 5.02 Mt2012: 4.96 Mt2015: 5.17 Mt2018: 5.01 Mt2021: 5.02 Mt2024: 4.69 Mt
Change over the period: +4.19 (+828.91%) Average annual rate: 1.29 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Denmark

Denmark 4.69 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 469.71 Mt
Northern Europe computed 67.26 Mt
High-income countries computed 782.61 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 4.69 −0.09 −1.92%
2023 4.78 −0.09 −1.89%
2022 4.88 −0.14 −2.79%
2021 5.02 −0.22 −4.26%
2020 5.24 +0.11 +2.13%
2019 5.13 +0.12 +2.46%
2018 5.01 −0.25 −4.72%
2017 5.25 +0.03 +0.61%
2016 5.22 +0.06 +1.1%
2015 5.17 +0.15 +3.01%
2014 5.01 +0.15 +3.04%
2013 4.87 −0.1 −1.93%
2012 4.96 +0.02 +0.32%
2011 4.95 −0.04 −0.8%
2010 4.99 −0.03 −0.62%
2009 5.02 −0.16 −3.05%
2008 5.18 +0.1 +2.05%
2007 5.07 +0.02 +0.34%
2006 5.05 −0.37 −6.89%
2005 5.43 −0.08 −1.51%
2004 5.51 −0.55 −9.13%
2003 6.07 +0.15 +2.5%
2002 5.92 −0.22 −3.51%
2001 6.13 −0.18 −2.79%
2000 6.31 +0.01 +0.1%
1999 6.3 −0.08 −1.28%
1998 6.38 −0.18 −2.77%
1997 6.57 −0.07 −1.01%
1996 6.63 +0.01 +0.17%
1995 6.62 +0.01 +0.14%
1994 6.61 −0.08 −1.24%
1993 6.7 +0.04 +0.56%
1992 6.66 −0.45 −6.34%
1991 7.11 −0.12 −1.62%
1990 7.23 −0.41 −5.38%
1989 7.64 +0.59 +8.42%
1988 7.05 −0.29 −3.93%
1987 7.33 −0.35 −4.61%
1986 7.69 +0.51 +7.06%
1985 7.18 −0.17 −2.37%
1984 7.35 −2.37 −24.34%
1983 9.72 +1.46 +17.73%
1982 8.26 +0.81 +10.86%
1981 7.45 −1.77 −19.24%
1980 9.22 +1.06 +12.96%
1979 8.16 −0.37 −4.36%
1978 8.54 −0.2 −2.26%
1977 8.73 +1.66 +23.46%
1976 7.07 −1.45 −17.01%
1975 8.52 −0.57 −6.27%
1974 9.09 +0.96 +11.75%
1973 8.14 +0.5 +6.56%
1972 7.64 −0.56 −6.83%
1971 8.2 +0.08 +0.95%
1970 8.12 +0.04 +0.53%
1969 8.08 +0.24 +3.01%
1968 7.84 +0.14 +1.77%
1967 7.7 +0.23 +3.12%
1966 7.47 +0.25 +3.4%
1965 7.23 +0.35 +5.12%
1964 6.87 +0.27 +4.15%
1963 6.6 +0.11 +1.68%
1962 6.49 +0.16 +2.58%
1961 6.33 +0.35 +5.89%
1960 5.98 +0.15 +2.66%
1959 5.82 +0.16 +2.79%
1958 5.66 +0.16 +2.85%
1957 5.51 +0.15 +2.88%
1956 5.35 +0.15 +2.82%
1955 5.2 +0.14 +2.7%
1954 5.07 +0.12 +2.51%
1953 4.94 +0.11 +2.23%
1952 4.84 +0.09 +1.88%
1951 4.75 +0.07 +1.43%
1950 4.68 +0.12 +2.59%
1949 4.56 +0.23 +5.29%
1948 4.33 +0.31 +7.73%
1947 4.02 +0.36 +9.95%
1946 3.66 +0.39 +11.87%
1945 3.27 +0.39 +13.39%
1944 2.88 +0.35 +13.95%
1943 2.53 +0.29 +13.1%
1942 2.24 +0.2 +9.98%
1941 2.03 +0.09 +4.47%
1940 1.95 +0.02 +1.25%
1939 1.92 +0.03 +1.64%
1938 1.89 +0.04 +2.05%
1937 1.85 +0.04 +2.32%
1936 1.81 +0.05 +2.55%
1935 1.77 +0.04 +2.55%
1934 1.72 +0.04 +2.5%
1933 1.68 +0.04 +2.38%
1932 1.64 +0.03 +1.99%
1931 1.61 +0.02 +1.51%
1930 1.59 +0.02 +1.34%
1929 1.57 +0.02 +1.49%
1928 1.54 +0.03 +1.65%
1927 1.52 +0.03 +1.81%
1926 1.49 +0.03 +1.78%
1925 1.46 +0.02 +1.74%
1924 1.44 +0.03 +1.77%
1923 1.41 +0.02 +1.58%
1922 1.39 +0.02 +1.31%
1921 1.37 +0.02 +1.1%
1920 1.36 +0.01 +0.97%
1919 1.35 +0.01 +0.82%
1918 1.34 +0.01 +0.91%
1917 1.32 +0.01 +0.76%
1916 1.31 +0.01 +0.77%
1915 1.3 +0.01 +0.7%
1914 1.29 +0.01 +0.62%
1913 1.29 +0.01 +0.63%
1912 1.28 +0.01 +0.55%
1911 1.27 +0.01 +0.47%
1910 1.27 +0 +0.08%
1909 1.26 −0.01 −0.71%
1908 1.27 −0.02 −1.16%
1907 1.29 −0.02 −1.6%
1906 1.31 −0.02 −1.65%
1905 1.33 −0.02 −1.63%
1904 1.35 −0.02 −1.46%
1903 1.37 −0.01 −1.08%
1902 1.39 −0.01 −0.57%
1901 1.4 +0 +0.07%
1900 1.4 +0.01 +0.94%
1899 1.38 +0.02 +1.69%
1898 1.36 +0.03 +2.64%
1897 1.32 +0.04 +3.44%
1896 1.28 +0.05 +4.23%
1895 1.23 +0.06 +5.23%
1894 1.17 +0.07 +6.19%
1893 1.1 +0.07 +7.22%
1892 1.03 +0.08 +8.47%
1891 0.95 +0.09 +9.88%
1890 0.86 −0.07 −7.03%
1889 0.93 +0.01 +0.65%
1888 0.92 +0.01 +0.66%
1887 0.91 +0.01 +0.66%
1886 0.91 +0.01 +0.55%
1885 0.9 +0.01 +0.67%
1884 0.9 +0.01 +0.79%
1883 0.89 +0.01 +0.79%
1882 0.88 +0.01 +0.92%
1881 0.87 +0.01 +1.04%
1880 0.87 +0.02 +1.88%
1879 0.85 +0.03 +3.03%
1878 0.82 +0.03 +4.04%
1877 0.79 +0.04 +4.9%
1876 0.76 +0.04 +5.3%
1875 0.72 +0.04 +5.44%
1874 0.68 +0.03 +5.26%
1873 0.65 +0.03 +4.53%
1872 0.62 +0.02 +3.17%
1871 0.6 +0.01 +1.53%
1870 0.59 +0 +0.34%
1869 0.59 +0 +0.34%
1868 0.59 +0 +0.34%
1867 0.58 +0 +0.17%
1866 0.58 +0 +0.34%
1865 0.58 +0 +0.17%
1864 0.58 +0 +0.35%
1863 0.58 +0 +0.35%
1862 0.58 +0 +0.35%
1861 0.57 +0 +0.35%
1860 0.57 +0 +0.53%
1859 0.57 +0 +0.71%
1858 0.57 +0 +0.89%
1857 0.56 +0.01 +1.08%
1856 0.55 +0.01 +1.28%
1855 0.55 +0.01 +1.3%
1854 0.54 +0.01 +1.5%
1853 0.53 +0.01 +1.72%
1852 0.52 +0.01 +1.75%
1851 0.51 +0.01 +1.78%
1850 0.51 — —

About the indicator

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent. The third greenhouse gas by contribution after CO2 and methane, and the most agricultural of the three: most of it forms in the soil after nitrogen fertilizer and manure are applied. It stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and destroys the ozone layer as well, so after the phase-out of CFCs it has remained the leading ozone-depleting substance.

Important: Estimates of emissions from soil are inevitably approximate: they depend on soil type, moisture and the way fertilizer is applied, and they are measured by models rather than by sensors.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.