Botswana vs Spain: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?

Botswana

5.85 tonnes per person

in 2023

Spain

5.44 tonnes per person

in 2023

Botswana rank

52nd

Spain rank

55th

Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time

Botswana currently reports 5.85 tonnes per person against 5.44 tonnes per person in Spain, a difference of 0.4103 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Spain ahead.

Botswana ranks 52nd and Spain ranks 55th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – 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 in tonnes per person.