What is the difference in heating degree days, per capita between Denmark and Sweden?

0 units per person, with Denmark ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Denmark vs Sweden: Heating Degree Days, per capita

Denmark

0.0009 units per person

in 2024

Sweden

0.0009 units per person

in 2024

Denmark rank

30th

Sweden rank

32nd

Heating Degree Days, per capita over time

Denmark
Sweden

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.0009 units per person against 0.0009 units per person in Sweden, a difference of 0 units per person.

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

Across all 65 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 32nd of 189 countries.

Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0015 units per person	0.0014 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Denmark
1970s	0.0013 units per person	0.0012 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Denmark
1980s	0.0013 units per person	0.0012 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Denmark
1990s	0.0012 units per person	0.0011 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Denmark
2000s	0.0011 units per person	0.001 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Denmark
2010s	0.0011 units per person	0.001 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Denmark
2020s	0.001 units per person	0.0009 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher heating degree days, per capita, Denmark or Sweden?: Denmark, at 0.0009 units per person against 0.0009 units per person in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in heating degree days, per capita between Denmark and Sweden?: 0 units per person, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for heating degree days, per capita?: Denmark ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 32nd of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Heating Degree Days, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 189 places, 11,178 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 16 September 2026

Heating Degree Days divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.