Spain vs United Kingdom: CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type

Spain

2.50 million tonnes

in 2024

United Kingdom

2.69 million tonnes

in 2024

Spain rank

15th

United Kingdom rank

14th

CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type over time

United Kingdom currently reports 2.69 million tonnes against 2.50 million tonnes in Spain, a difference of 195,490 tonnes.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Spain ranks 15th and United Kingdom ranks 14th 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.