CO₂ emissions per capita: Spain
4.599015 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 195 years from 1830 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.599015 |
| 2023 | 4.4970493 |
| 2022 | 4.8971643 |
| 2021 | 4.793181 |
| 2020 | 4.441423 |
| 2019 | 5.284558 |
| 2018 | 5.701944 |
| 2017 | 5.83512 |
| 2016 | 5.554019 |
| 2015 | 5.7889185 |
| 2014 | 5.4292984 |
| 2013 | 5.3800054 |
| 2012 | 5.9005117 |
| 2011 | 6.02738 |
| 2010 | 6.032926 |
| 2009 | 6.350556 |
| 2008 | 7.2517366 |
| 2007 | 8.051333 |
| 2006 | 8.029218 |
| 2005 | 8.358881 |
| 2004 | 8.144856 |
| 2003 | 7.8938184 |
| 2002 | 7.9277363 |
| 2001 | 7.5409565 |
| 2000 | 7.5392795 |
| 1999 | 7.277729 |
| 1998 | 6.73725 |
| 1997 | 6.5530524 |
| 1996 | 6.276799 |
| 1995 | 6.6179895 |
| 1994 | 6.306981 |
| 1993 | 6.03 |
| 1992 | 6.283217 |
| 1991 | 6.104081 |
| 1990 | 5.8688183 |
| 1989 | 5.7621193 |
| 1988 | 5.0693226 |
| 1987 | 4.8778787 |
| 1986 | 4.8824115 |
| 1985 | 5.1796837 |
| 1984 | 5.143612 |
| 1983 | 5.318402 |
| 1982 | 5.4825435 |
| 1981 | 5.450538 |
| 1980 | 5.698701 |
| 1979 | 5.44573 |
| 1978 | 5.406152 |
| 1977 | 5.3302965 |
| 1976 | 5.466273 |
| 1975 | 5.0579677 |
| 1974 | 4.8828363 |
| 1973 | 4.436667 |
| 1972 | 4.189826 |
| 1971 | 3.7607775 |
| 1970 | 3.4533224 |
| 1969 | 2.8876965 |
| 1968 | 2.9245067 |
| 1967 | 2.6322973 |
| 1966 | 2.3907254 |
| 1965 | 2.21174 |
| 1964 | 2.0264838 |
| 1963 | 1.8719956 |
| 1962 | 1.932205 |
| 1961 | 1.7460642 |
| 1960 | 1.6070457 |
| 1959 | 1.7277386 |
| 1958 | 1.8715618 |
| 1957 | 1.6981198 |
| 1956 | 1.4432735 |
| 1955 | 1.3839015 |
| 1954 | 1.375544 |
| 1953 | 1.3586679 |
| 1952 | 1.3220783 |
| 1951 | 1.1717346 |
| 1950 | 1.1758207 |
| 1949 | 1.2848823 |
| 1948 | 1.1857615 |
| 1947 | 1.1396006 |
| 1946 | 1.0356616 |
| 1945 | 1.0512903 |
| 1944 | 0.96744514 |
| 1943 | 0.9023273 |
| 1942 | 0.87990457 |
| 1941 | 0.8279653 |
| 1940 | 0.83965087 |
| 1939 | 0.61586934 |
| 1938 | 0.5229777 |
| 1937 | 0.2094474 |
| 1936 | 0.3246671 |
| 1935 | 0.9136579 |
| 1934 | 0.8315435 |
| 1933 | 0.7755896 |
| 1932 | 0.88627225 |
| 1931 | 0.9519823 |
| 1930 | 1.0083408 |
| 1929 | 1.0325426 |
| 1928 | 0.93566215 |
| 1927 | 0.9422007 |
| 1926 | 0.8155083 |
| 1925 | 0.8538471 |
| 1924 | 0.83233833 |
| 1923 | 0.78686756 |
| 1922 | 0.6898295 |
| 1921 | 0.69182307 |
| 1920 | 0.6606284 |
| 1919 | 0.7546415 |
| 1918 | 0.7986781 |
| 1917 | 0.7616103 |
| 1916 | 0.86420304 |
| 1915 | 0.74564177 |
| 1914 | 0.8481831 |
| 1913 | 0.85966367 |
| 1912 | 0.7940737 |
| 1911 | 0.7367331 |
| 1910 | 0.7499924 |
| 1909 | 0.768789 |
| 1908 | 0.7545255 |
| 1907 | 0.72422665 |
| 1906 | 0.7169859 |
| 1905 | 0.70675224 |
| 1904 | 0.6811722 |
| 1903 | 0.642644 |
| 1902 | 0.65554905 |
| 1901 | 0.6312693 |
| 1900 | 0.6034273 |
| 1899 | 0.5745804 |
| 1898 | 0.5093165 |
| 1897 | 0.5209907 |
| 1896 | 0.51005864 |
| 1895 | 0.47379515 |
| 1894 | 0.48320773 |
| 1893 | 0.45116198 |
| 1892 | 0.4631973 |
| 1891 | 0.44519988 |
| 1890 | 0.41346508 |
| 1889 | 0.3862452 |
| 1888 | 0.3660981 |
| 1887 | 0.3512376 |
| 1886 | 0.35032672 |
| 1885 | 0.33287987 |
| 1884 | 0.34099776 |
| 1883 | 0.34469783 |
| 1882 | 0.31595033 |
| 1881 | 0.29093248 |
| 1880 | 0.26168555 |
| 1879 | 0.23646264 |
| 1878 | 0.22453922 |
| 1877 | 0.22697459 |
| 1876 | 0.21507293 |
| 1875 | 0.19908215 |
| 1874 | 0.18941519 |
| 1873 | 0.19128822 |
| 1872 | 0.1996796 |
| 1871 | 0.18063703 |
| 1870 | 0.18968914 |
| 1869 | 0.16338804 |
| 1868 | 0.16534485 |
| 1867 | 0.15952717 |
| 1866 | 0.14334562 |
| 1865 | 0.14477056 |
| 1864 | 0.14712763 |
| 1863 | 0.15390334 |
| 1862 | 0.13886075 |
| 1861 | 0.12771368 |
| 1860 | 0.12354513 |
| 1859 | 0.10477569 |
| 1858 | 0.07427399 |
| 1857 | 0.055147193 |
| 1856 | 0.04920746 |
| 1855 | 0.036246743 |
| 1854 | 0.03618359 |
| 1853 | 0.0431488 |
| 1852 | 0.03556558 |
| 1851 | 0.034038454 |
| 1850 | 0.033244286 |
| 1849 | 0.022047143 |
| 1848 | 0.019942673 |
| 1847 | 0.017817054 |
| 1846 | 0.019451473 |
| 1845 | 0.019072482 |
| 1844 | 0.014079683 |
| 1843 | 0.012111899 |
| 1842 | 0.010117266 |
| 1841 | 0.0073120836 |
| 1840 | 0.002628863 |
| 1839 | 0.0034403016 |
| 1838 | 0.0018648191 |
| 1837 | 0.0026817883 |
| 1836 | 0.0016198008 |
| 1835 | 0.00027176665 |
| 1834 | 0.00027357854 |
| 1833 | 0.0002754025 |
| 1832 | 0.0002772386 |
| 1831 | 0.0002790868 |
| 1830 | 0.0002809471 |