Netherlands vs Spain: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring

Netherlands

0.0561 tonnes per person

in 2024

Spain

0.0737 tonnes per person

in 2024

Netherlands rank

39th

Spain rank

37th

Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Spain currently reports 0.0737 tonnes per person against 0.0561 tonnes per person in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0176 tonnes per person.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.3 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Netherlands ahead.

Netherlands ranks 39th and Spain ranks 37th of 213 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 12,147 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.