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

Portugal
0.1377 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Spain
0.1441 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Portugal rank
123rd
Spain rank
120th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Portugal
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.1441 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1377 kilograms per international-$ in Portugal, a difference of 0.0064 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 32 times across 153 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Spain ahead.

Portugal ranks 123rd 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-$).