Australia vs Spain: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil, gaps filled
Australia
6.42 billion tonnes
in 2024
Spain
8.04 billion tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
19th
Spain rank
16th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil, gaps filled over time
- Australia
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 8.04 billion tonnes against 6.42 billion tonnes in Australia, a difference of 1.62 billion tonnes.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 195 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Spain ahead.
Australia ranks 19th and Spain ranks 16th of 215 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1840s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1850s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1860s | 0 tonnes | 366.4 tonnes | 366.4 tonnes | Spain |
| 1870s | 0 tonnes | 42,133 tonnes | 42,133 tonnes | Spain |
| 1880s | 0 tonnes | 787,365 tonnes | 787,365 tonnes | Spain |
| 1890s | 12,091 tonnes | 2.21 million tonnes | 2.20 million tonnes | Spain |
| 1900s | 1.06 million tonnes | 3.32 million tonnes | 2.25 million tonnes | Spain |
| 1910s | 4.18 million tonnes | 4.66 million tonnes | 471,029 tonnes | Spain |
| 1920s | 12.17 million tonnes | 9.06 million tonnes | 3.11 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1930s | 41.49 million tonnes | 23.57 million tonnes | 17.92 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1940s | 96.88 million tonnes | 32.30 million tonnes | 64.59 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1950s | 220.07 million tonnes | 91.68 million tonnes | 128.39 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1960s | 519.93 million tonnes | 288.54 million tonnes | 231.40 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.15 billion tonnes | 1.06 billion tonnes | 95.87 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.95 billion tonnes | 2.33 billion tonnes | 382.51 million tonnes | Spain |
| 1990s | 2.80 billion tonnes | 3.57 billion tonnes | 773.67 million tonnes | Spain |
| 2000s | 3.84 billion tonnes | 5.20 billion tonnes | 1.35 billion tonnes | Spain |
| 2010s | 5.10 billion tonnes | 6.76 billion tonnes | 1.66 billion tonnes | Spain |
| 2020s | 6.14 billion tonnes | 7.77 billion tonnes | 1.63 billion tonnes | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, gaps filled, Australia or Spain?
- Spain, at 8.04 billion tonnes against 6.42 billion tonnes in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, gaps filled between Australia and Spain?
- 1.62 billion tonnes, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?
- 195 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Spain rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, gaps filled?
- Australia ranks 19th and Spain ranks 16th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil with 86 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.