Spain vs Vietnam
Spain vs Vietnam: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 4.51 tonnes in Spain and 4.27 tonnes in Vietnam, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.24 tonnes, or 1.06 times that in Vietnam.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Spain ranked 59 and Vietnam ranked 63 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Spain | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.51 | 4.27 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.57 | 3.89 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.99 | 3.45 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.92 | 3.4 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.53 | 3.55 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 3.46 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 5.81 | 2.93 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 5.98 | 2.41 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 5.66 | 2.38 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 5.85 | 2.16 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 5.49 | 1.95 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 6.09 | 1.75 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 6.19 | 1.77 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 6.18 | 1.79 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 6.48 | 1.63 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 7.4 | 1.48 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 8.21 | 1.37 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 8.07 | 1.26 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 8.43 | 1.24 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 8.21 | 1.14 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 7.96 | 0.98 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 7.93 | 0.93 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 7.65 | 0.73 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 7.3 | 0.67 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 6.78 | 0.66 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 6.59 | 0.6 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 6.14 | 0.53 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 6.42 | 0.48 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 6.12 | 0.42 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 5.87 | 0.37 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 6.27 | 0.32 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 6.09 | 0.31 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 5.9 | 0.31 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 5.79 | 0.32 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 5.33 | 0.38 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 5.23 | 0.39 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 5.22 | 0.36 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 5.13 | 0.33 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 5.33 | 0.34 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 5.64 | 0.35 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 5.58 | 0.33 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 5.79 | 0.31 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 5.68 | 0.31 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 5.46 | 0.3 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 5.28 | 0.3 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 5.56 | 0.28 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 5.11 | 0.4 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 5 | 0.35 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 4.7 | 0.43 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 4.38 | 0.39 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 4.07 | 0.41 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 4.22 | 0.42 | 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
Spain vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSpain: 341 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018