Brazil vs Spain: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas
Brazil
0.5%
in 2024
Spain
0.7%
in 2024
Brazil rank
33rd
Spain rank
31st
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas over time
- Brazil
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.7% against 0.5% in Brazil, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.
Across all 124 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 31st of 146 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from burning gas, Brazil or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.7% against 0.5% in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from burning gas between Brazil and Spain?
- 0.2%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Spain?
- 124 years are reported by both, from 1901 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Spain rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from burning gas?
- Brazil ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 31st of 146 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas. 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 gas since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from gas.