Italy vs Spain: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
Italy
4.80 billion tonnes
in 2024
Spain
4.88 billion tonnes
in 2024
Italy rank
23rd
Spain rank
22nd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 4.88 billion tonnes against 4.80 billion tonnes in Italy, a difference of 79.72 million tonnes.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Spain ahead.
Italy ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 22nd of 179 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 11 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 5.44 million tonnes | 22.14 million tonnes | 16.70 million tonnes | Spain |
| 1870s | 27.73 million tonnes | 50.97 million tonnes | 23.24 million tonnes | Spain |
| 1880s | 80.79 million tonnes | 96.32 million tonnes | 15.53 million tonnes | Spain |
| 1890s | 184.25 million tonnes | 168.57 million tonnes | 15.67 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1900s | 326.63 million tonnes | 278.54 million tonnes | 48.09 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1910s | 558.28 million tonnes | 427.97 million tonnes | 130.31 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1920s | 796.24 million tonnes | 589.17 million tonnes | 207.07 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1930s | 1.13 billion tonnes | 765.24 million tonnes | 361.20 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1940s | 1.43 billion tonnes | 947.31 million tonnes | 479.86 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1950s | 1.67 billion tonnes | 1.22 billion tonnes | 452.42 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1960s | 1.97 billion tonnes | 1.55 billion tonnes | 420.61 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1970s | 2.28 billion tonnes | 1.90 billion tonnes | 384.05 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1980s | 2.71 billion tonnes | 2.43 billion tonnes | 279.74 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1990s | 3.28 billion tonnes | 3.19 billion tonnes | 88.92 million tonnes | Italy |
| 2000s | 3.87 billion tonnes | 4.00 billion tonnes | 124.14 million tonnes | Spain |
| 2010s | 4.48 billion tonnes | 4.60 billion tonnes | 113.30 million tonnes | Spain |
| 2020s | 4.76 billion tonnes | 4.85 billion tonnes | 92.36 million tonnes | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from coal, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 4.88 billion tonnes against 4.80 billion tonnes in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from coal between Italy and Spain?
- 79.72 million tonnes, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1860 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from coal?
- Italy ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 22nd of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.