France vs Spain: CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type

France

3.96 million tonnes

in 2024

Spain

2.50 million tonnes

in 2024

France rank

12th

Spain rank

15th

CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type over time

France currently reports 3.96 million tonnes against 2.50 million tonnes in Spain, a difference of 1.46 million tonnes.

That makes France's figure about 1.6 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was France ahead.

France ranks 12th and Spain ranks 15th of 46 countries.

Indicator: CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type
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: 46 places, 1,734 data points, 1904–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from other industry sources, measured in tonnes.