Singapore vs Spain
Singapore vs Spain: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 9.75 tonnes in Singapore and 4.51 tonnes in Spain, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Singapore, by 5.25 tonnes, or 2.16 times that in Spain.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher since 1977, when it overtook Spain.
- In 2024, Singapore ranked 20 and Spain ranked 59 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Singapore | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.75 | 4.51 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 9.48 | 4.57 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 10 | 4.99 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 10.22 | 4.92 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 9.48 | 4.53 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 9.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 9.61 | 5.81 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 10.14 | 5.98 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 9.45 | 5.66 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 9.97 | 5.85 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 9.85 | 5.49 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 9.75 | 5.5 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 9.44 | 6.09 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 9.9 | 6.19 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 9.63 | 6.18 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 8.77 | 6.48 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 8.87 | 7.4 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 9.45 | 8.21 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 9.54 | 8.07 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 9.78 | 8.43 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 10.69 | 8.21 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 10.31 | 7.96 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 10.83 | 7.93 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 11.09 | 7.6 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 11.3 | 7.65 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 10.46 | 7.3 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 10.46 | 6.78 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 11.11 | 6.59 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 11.58 | 6.14 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 11.73 | 6.42 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 12.18 | 6.12 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 11.91 | 5.87 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 10.58 | 6.27 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 10.68 | 6.09 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 10.39 | 5.9 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 8.02 | 5.79 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 7.81 | 5.33 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 7.12 | 5.23 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 7.08 | 5.22 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 6.95 | 5.13 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 6.67 | 5.33 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 6.84 | 5.64 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 6.44 | 5.58 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 6.46 | 5.79 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 6.31 | 5.68 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 6.37 | 5.46 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 6.04 | 5.2 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 5.45 | 5.28 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 5.04 | 5.56 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 4.75 | 5.11 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 4.81 | 5 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 4.69 | 4.7 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 4.36 | 4.38 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 3.8 | 4.07 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 3.86 | 4.22 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Singapore vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025