Australia vs Spain: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Australia
1.0%
in 2024
Spain
1.3%
in 2024
Australia rank
19th
Spain rank
16th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Australia
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 1.3% against 1.0% in Australia, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 170 shared years of data; in 1855 it was Spain ahead.
Australia ranks 19th and Spain ranks 16th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Spain |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Spain |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Australia |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.3% | Spain |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.3% | Spain |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.3% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Australia or Spain?
- Spain, at 1.3% against 1.0% in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Australia and Spain?
- 0.3%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?
- 170 years are reported by both, from 1855 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Spain rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Australia ranks 19th and Spain ranks 16th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.