France vs Spain: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

France

-12.23 million tonnes

in 2024

Spain

-10.46 million tonnes

in 2024

France rank

188th

Spain rank

185th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Spain currently reports -10.46 million tonnes against -12.23 million tonnes in France, a difference of 1.77 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was France ahead.

France ranks 188th and Spain ranks 185th of 197 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
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: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.