Iraq vs Spain: Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population

Iraq

0.6%

in 2024

Spain

0.6%

in 2024

Iraq rank

27th

Spain rank

29th

Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population over time

Iraq currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Spain, a difference of 0.0%.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 98 shared years of data; in 1927 it was Spain ahead.

Iraq ranks 27th and Spain ranks 29th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ in the same year.