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Per capita methane emissions in Spain

Spain: Per capita methane emissions was 0.9308 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.9308
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
109th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.13
in 2001
All-time low
0.5384
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Spain, 1850–2024

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita methane emissions in Spain stood at 0.9308.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Spain peaked at 1.13 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.5384, in 1850.

Spain ranks 109th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita methane emissions in Spain, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.5384 —
1851 0.5406 +0.4%
1852 0.5431 +0.4%
1853 0.546 +0.5%
1854 0.5479 +0.3%
1855 0.5502 +0.4%
1856 0.5534 +0.6%
1857 0.5561 +0.5%
1858 0.5596 +0.6%
1859 0.564 +0.8%
1860 0.5676 +0.6%
1861 0.5684 +0.1%
1862 0.5697 +0.2%
1863 0.5715 +0.3%
1864 0.5717 +0.0%
1865 0.5721 +0.1%
1866 0.5726 +0.1%
1867 0.5744 +0.3%
1868 0.5754 +0.2%
1869 0.5757 +0.1%
1870 0.578 +0.4%
1871 0.5779 -0.0%
1872 0.5797 +0.3%
1873 0.5795 -0.0%
1874 0.5797 +0.0%
1875 0.5807 +0.2%
1876 0.5822 +0.3%
1877 0.5833 +0.2%
1878 0.5834 +0.0%
1879 0.5843 +0.2%
1880 0.5859 +0.3%
1881 0.5874 +0.3%
1882 0.5889 +0.2%
1883 0.5902 +0.2%
1884 0.5892 -0.2%
1885 0.5878 -0.2%
1886 0.5885 +0.1%
1887 0.5878 -0.1%
1888 0.5879 +0.0%
1889 0.5889 +0.2%
1890 0.59 +0.2%
1891 0.5906 +0.1%
1892 0.5903 -0.0%
1893 0.5878 -0.4%
1894 0.5887 +0.1%
1895 0.5864 -0.4%
1896 0.5875 +0.2%
1897 0.5868 -0.1%
1898 0.5844 -0.4%
1899 0.5874 +0.5%
1900 0.5872 -0.0%
1901 0.5895 +0.4%
1902 0.5912 +0.3%
1903 0.5901 -0.2%
1904 0.5926 +0.4%
1905 0.594 +0.2%
1906 0.5944 +0.1%
1907 0.5948 +0.1%
1908 0.5967 +0.3%
1909 0.5973 +0.1%
1910 0.5957 -0.3%
1911 0.5943 -0.2%
1912 0.5981 +0.6%
1913 0.6022 +0.7%
1914 0.6007 -0.3%
1915 0.5928 -1.3%
1916 0.6007 +1.3%
1917 0.5934 -1.2%
1918 0.5959 +0.4%
1919 0.5917 -0.7%
1920 0.5833 -1.4%
1921 0.5866 +0.6%
1922 0.587 +0.1%
1923 0.594 +1.2%
1924 0.5968 +0.5%
1925 0.5981 +0.2%
1926 0.5948 -0.5%
1927 0.6028 +1.3%
1928 0.5996 -0.5%
1929 0.6056 +1.0%
1930 0.6016 -0.7%
1931 0.5969 -0.8%
1932 0.5925 -0.7%
1933 0.5852 -1.2%
1934 0.5871 +0.3%
1935 0.5933 +1.1%
1936 0.5615 -5.4%
1937 0.5584 -0.6%
1938 0.584 +4.6%
1939 0.5932 +1.6%
1940 0.6121 +3.2%
1941 0.6192 +1.2%
1942 0.6304 +1.8%
1943 0.6396 +1.5%
1944 0.6516 +1.9%
1945 0.6626 +1.7%
1946 0.6713 +1.3%
1947 0.6798 +1.3%
1948 0.6923 +1.8%
1949 0.7075 +2.2%
1950 0.7146 +1.0%
1951 0.7263 +1.6%
1952 0.7458 +2.7%
1953 0.7599 +1.9%
1954 0.772 +1.6%
1955 0.7832 +1.5%
1956 0.7965 +1.7%
1957 0.8216 +3.2%
1958 0.8429 +2.6%
1959 0.8459 +0.4%
1960 0.8575 +1.4%
1961 0.8948 +4.3%
1962 0.8954 +0.1%
1963 0.8919 -0.4%
1964 0.8868 -0.6%
1965 0.8757 -1.3%
1966 0.8718 -0.4%
1967 0.8983 +3.0%
1968 0.9183 +2.2%
1969 0.9481 +3.2%
1970 0.9559 +0.8%
1971 0.9557 -0.0%
1972 0.9537 -0.2%
1973 0.9487 -0.5%
1974 0.9284 -2.1%
1975 0.9168 -1.2%
1976 0.915 -0.2%
1977 0.9345 +2.1%
1978 0.9359 +0.2%
1979 0.921 -1.6%
1980 0.9313 +1.1%
1981 0.9353 +0.4%
1982 1 +7.0%
1983 0.9729 -2.8%
1984 0.9768 +0.4%
1985 0.9736 -0.3%
1986 1 +2.9%
1987 0.9494 -5.2%
1988 1.01 +6.5%
1989 1.02 +1.0%
1990 1.03 +1.1%
1991 1.03 +0.1%
1992 1.04 +0.4%
1993 1.02 -2.0%
1994 1.02 +0.4%
1995 1.03 +0.5%
1996 1.04 +1.8%
1997 1.09 +4.2%
1998 1.1 +0.8%
1999 1.1 +0.6%
2000 1.11 +1.1%
2001 1.13 +1.5%
2002 1.13 -0.1%
2003 1.11 -2.0%
2004 1.09 -1.8%
2005 1.07 -1.9%
2006 1.05 -2.0%
2007 1.05 +0.2%
2008 1 -4.2%
2009 1.06 +5.1%
2010 1.01 -3.8%
2011 0.9956 -1.9%
2012 0.9616 -3.4%
2013 0.9241 -3.9%
2014 0.9463 +2.4%
2015 0.9748 +3.0%
2016 0.9663 -0.9%
2017 0.9634 -0.3%
2018 0.9779 +1.5%
2019 0.9602 -1.8%
2020 0.9652 +0.5%
2021 0.9625 -0.3%
2022 0.9406 -2.3%
2023 0.9323 -0.9%
2024 0.9308 -0.2%

Spain compared with similar countries

  • Spain's 0.9308 is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.02, 92% of the median. (67 countries reporting)
  • Spain's 0.9308 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.02, 91% of the median. (50 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.5499 0.5384 0.564 10
1860s 0.5719 0.5676 0.5757 10
1870s 0.5809 0.5779 0.5843 10
1880s 0.5883 0.5859 0.5902 10
1890s 0.588 0.5844 0.5906 10
1900s 0.5928 0.5872 0.5973 10
1910s 0.5966 0.5917 0.6022 10
1920s 0.5949 0.5833 0.6056 10
1930s 0.5854 0.5584 0.6016 10
1940s 0.6567 0.6121 0.7075 10
1950s 0.7809 0.7146 0.8459 10
1960s 0.8939 0.8575 0.9481 10
1970s 0.9365 0.915 0.9559 10
1980s 0.9773 0.9313 1.02 10
1990s 1.05 1.02 1.1 10
2000s 1.08 1 1.13 10
2010s 0.9685 0.9241 1.01 10
2020s 0.9463 0.9308 0.9652 5

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 106 Vietnam 0.9405 compare
  2. 107 Andorra 0.9397 compare
  3. 108 Panama 0.9368 compare
  4. 110 Peru 0.9257 compare
  5. 111 Montenegro 0.923 compare
  6. 112 Lithuania 0.9156 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Spain?
Per capita methane emissions in Spain was 0.9308 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 in 2001.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5384 in 1850.
How does Spain rank for per capita methane emissions?
Spain ranks 109th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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