Italy vs Spain: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Italy

11.29 million tonnes

in 2024

Spain

11.30 million tonnes

in 2024

Italy rank

41st

Spain rank

40th

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Spain currently reports 11.30 million tonnes against 11.29 million tonnes in Italy, a difference of 4,900 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Spain ahead.

Italy ranks 41st and Spain ranks 40th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.