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Spain vs United Kingdom: Methane emissions

Spain
44.59 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
United Kingdom
43.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Spain rank
38th
United Kingdom rank
40th

Methane emissions over time

  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
050.0M100.0M150.0M185019372024

How they compare

Spain currently reports 44.59 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 43.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in United Kingdom, a difference of 782,300 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Spain ranks 38th and United Kingdom ranks 40th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.