Spain vs World: Waste — Emissions

Spain
4,180 kt
in 2023
World
19,893 kt
in 2023
Spain rank
2nd
World rank
1st

Waste — Emissions over time

  • Spain
  • World
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196119922023

How they compare

World currently reports 19,893 kt against 4,180 kt in Spain, a difference of 15,713 kt.

That makes World's figure about 4.8 times Spain's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

Spain ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 158 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain World Difference Ahead
1960s 0 kt 0 kt 0 kt
1970s 1,768 kt 8,310 kt 6,542 kt World
1980s 2,307 kt 9,990 kt 7,683 kt World
1990s 2,328 kt 12,673 kt 10,345 kt World
2000s 3,113 kt 15,735 kt 12,622 kt World
2010s 3,326 kt 18,042 kt 14,716 kt World
2020s 4,048 kt 19,470 kt 15,422 kt World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Spain or World?
World, at 19,893 kt against 4,180 kt in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Spain and World?
15,713 kt, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and World?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Spain and World rank globally for waste — emissions?
Spain ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 158 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
192 places, 11,013 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf