Italy vs Spain: Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement
Italy
0.5%
in 2024
Spain
0.5%
in 2024
Italy rank
25th
Spain rank
23rd
Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Italy, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 25th and Spain ranks 23rd of 211 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 10 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 4.5% | 2.3% | 2.2% | Italy |
| 1930s | 6.0% | 1.9% | 4.1% | Italy |
| 1940s | 3.4% | 2.7% | 0.7% | Italy |
| 1950s | 4.5% | 1.9% | 2.5% | Italy |
| 1960s | 5.4% | 2.3% | 3.0% | Italy |
| 1970s | 4.9% | 3.2% | 1.7% | Italy |
| 1980s | 3.8% | 2.8% | 1.0% | Italy |
| 1990s | 2.6% | 2.1% | 0.5% | Italy |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 0.1% | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from cement, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from cement between Italy and Spain?
- 0.0%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 97 years are reported by both, from 1928 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from cement?
- Italy ranks 25th and Spain ranks 23rd of 211 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from cement in the same year.