Spain vs Taiwan: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Spain

4.88 billion tonnes

in 2024

Taiwan

5.13 billion tonnes

in 2024

Spain rank

22nd

Taiwan rank

20th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Taiwan currently reports 5.13 billion tonnes against 4.88 billion tonnes in Spain, a difference of 252.46 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 129 shared years of data; in 1896 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 22nd and Taiwan ranks 20th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.