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Denmark vs Ireland: Environment

This page compares Denmark and Ireland across 45 Environment indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Denmark Ireland Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 148.67 77.10 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 3.92 1.16 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 8.65 1.64 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 12.57 2.80 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 10.00 9.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 26.00 41.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 2.00 4.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 2.00 8.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 16.40 14.20 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 23.80 4.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 4.28 6.04 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 38.26 59.68 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 6.40 11.06 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 8.07 18.11 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.81 1.16 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -16.69 4.80 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 1.56 2.44 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 25.57 32.57 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0.14 0.12 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 4.37 8.32 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.20 0.14 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -35.71 -10.30 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -44.56 1.23 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 3.62 7.79 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 6.34 15.58 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -51.23 0.71 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.07 0.06 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 9.07 8.17 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.13 0.09 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.29 0.09 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 11.26 11.41 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 56.91 0.27 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.11 0.02 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.01 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.18 7.39 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.14 0.04 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.12 0.12 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.01 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.70 7.26 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.27 3.57 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.01 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.50 1.23 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.54 0.34 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -0.94 -0.07 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.