Denmark vs Iceland: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Denmark
0.7848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Iceland
0.8807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Denmark rank
26th
Iceland rank
24th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Denmark
  • Iceland
0.511.52185019372024

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.8807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.7848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Denmark, a difference of 0.0959 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

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

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

Denmark ranks 26th and Iceland ranks 24th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita nitrous oxide 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
201 places, 34,339 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

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