Qatar vs Spain: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas

Qatar

1.94 billion tonnes

in 2024

Spain

1.84 billion tonnes

in 2024

Qatar rank

30th

Spain rank

31st

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas over time

Qatar currently reports 1.94 billion tonnes against 1.84 billion tonnes in Spain, a difference of 103.33 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Spain ahead.

Qatar ranks 30th and Spain ranks 31st of 146 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
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: 146 places, 14,474 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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