Brazil vs Spain: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Brazil

18.20 billion tonnes

in 2024

Spain

15.70 billion tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

19th

Spain rank

21st

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Brazil currently reports 18.20 billion tonnes against 15.70 billion tonnes in Spain, a difference of 2.50 billion tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 169 shared years of data; in 1856 it was Spain ahead.

Brazil ranks 19th 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.