Spain vs United Kingdom: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Spain

4.88 million tonnes

in 2024

United Kingdom

5.08 million tonnes

in 2024

Spain rank

18th

United Kingdom rank

17th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

United Kingdom currently reports 5.08 million tonnes against 4.88 million tonnes in Spain, a difference of 198,860 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 89 times across 194 shared years of data; in 1831 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 17th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.