Colombia vs Spain: Greenhouse gas emissions

Colombia
248.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Spain
275.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Colombia rank
36th
Spain rank
34th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

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How they compare

Spain currently reports 275.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 248.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Colombia, a difference of 26.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 36th and Spain ranks 34th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions
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
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

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