Argentina vs Spain: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Argentina
198.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Spain
244.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Argentina rank
34th
Spain rank
32nd

Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time

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How they compare

Spain currently reports 244.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 198.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Argentina, a difference of 45.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Spain ahead.

Argentina ranks 34th and Spain ranks 32nd of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 34,488 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.