Spain
CO₂ per person in Spain
CO₂ per person in Spain: 4.22 tonnes in 1970 and 4.51 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 4.51 tonnes
- Since 1970
- +0.28 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 59 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 8.43 tonnes in 2005, the lowest 4.07 tonnes in 1971.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.51 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.57 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.99 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.92 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.53 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 5.81 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 5.98 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 5.66 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 5.85 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 5.49 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 5.5 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 6.09 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 6.19 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 6.18 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 6.48 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 7.4 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 8.21 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 8.07 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 8.43 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 8.21 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 7.96 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 7.93 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 7.6 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 7.65 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 7.3 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 6.78 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 6.59 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 6.14 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 6.42 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 6.12 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 5.87 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 6.27 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 6.09 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 5.9 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 5.79 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 5.33 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 5.23 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 5.22 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 5.13 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 5.33 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 5.64 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 5.58 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 5.79 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 5.68 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 5.46 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 5.2 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 5.28 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 5.56 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 5.11 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 5 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 4.7 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 4.38 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 4.07 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 4.22 | 4.15 |
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.
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- Military spending2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per person$839 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel199,000 people in 2020
- National power0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports341 million TIV in 2025