Belgium vs Spain: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Belgium

12.91 billion tonnes

in 2024

Spain

15.70 billion tonnes

in 2024

Belgium rank

23rd

Spain rank

21st

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Spain currently reports 15.70 billion tonnes against 12.91 billion tonnes in Belgium, a difference of 2.79 billion tonnes.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 195 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 21st of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions
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: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.