Spain vs Taiwan: Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population

Spain

0.7%

in 2023

Taiwan

0.8%

in 2023

Spain rank

24th

Taiwan rank

21st

Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population over time

Taiwan currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Spain, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 24th and Taiwan ranks 21st of 120 countries.

Indicator: Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.