Spain vs Sweden: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Spain

5.44 tonnes per person

in 2023

Sweden

5.85 tonnes per person

in 2023

Spain rank

55th

Sweden rank

53rd

Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

Sweden currently reports 5.85 tonnes per person against 5.44 tonnes per person in Spain, a difference of 0.4101 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.

Spain ranks 55th and Sweden ranks 53rd of 120 countries.

Indicator: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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.