Netherlands vs Spain: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Netherlands
0.145 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Spain
0.1441 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Netherlands rank
119th
Spain rank
120th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Netherlands
  • Spain
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.145 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1441 kilograms per international-$ in Spain, a difference of 0.0008 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 177 shared years of data; in 1846 it was Netherlands ahead.

Netherlands ranks 119th and Spain ranks 120th of 164 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).