Italy vs Spain: Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal
Italy
0.1%
in 2024
Spain
0.1%
in 2024
Italy rank
41st
Spain rank
40th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Italy, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Spain ahead.
Italy ranks 41st and Spain ranks 40th of 179 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 8 and Spain in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Spain |
| 1870s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1880s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 1930s | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | Italy |
| 1940s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from coal, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from coal between Italy and Spain?
- 0.0%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1860 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from coal?
- Italy ranks 41st and Spain ranks 40th of 179 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 coal. 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 coal, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from coal in the same year.