TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇪🇸 Spain
World rank #31 · Europe · Same as 71.5 million cars driven for a year
71.5 million
cars driven for a year
329 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +1.1%/yr
Spain ranks #31 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 329 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.EuropeContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#31 of 250
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Top emitters here
491ArcelorMittal España SA= 1.2M cars/yr5.6 Mt CO₂eNEW504Repsol= 1.2M cars/yr5.5 Mt CO₂eNEW505REPSOL= 1.2M cars/yr5.5 Mt CO₂eNEW893Cepsa= 481k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW894Cepsa= 481k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (17)
974Holcim España SAU= 350k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW1100Naturgy Energy Group SA= 593k cars/yr2.7 Mt CO₂eNEW1155Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA= 225k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eNEW1217Cementos Tudela Veguín SA= 188k cars/yr864.3 kt CO₂eNEW1218Endesa SA= 538k cars/yr2.5 Mt CO₂eNEW1270Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals= 202k cars/yr930.1 kt CO₂eNEW1321Çimsa España Operaciones SLU= 164k cars/yr753.3 kt CO₂eNEW1452Bahia de Bizkaia Electricidad SL= 174k cars/yr800.8 kt CO₂eNEW1521EDP España SA= 85.2k cars/yr392.1 kt CO₂eNEW1522Corporación Masaveu SA= 85.2k cars/yr392.1 kt CO₂eNEW1545Alpiq Energía España SAU= 85.1k cars/yr391.2 kt CO₂eNEW1564EDP SA= 173k cars/yr794 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | Transport | 7.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Madrid Province | Transport | 6.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Barcelona Province | Transport | 4.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| ArcelorMittal Asturias (Aviles) steel plant | Manufacturing | 4.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| León Province | Forestry & Land | 3.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport | Transport | 3.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Valencia Province | Transport | 3.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Murcia Province | Transport | 3.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| puerto de Algericas | Transport | 3.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Alicante Province | Transport | 2.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Madrid Province | Buildings | 2.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Repsol Bilbao Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Repsol Cartagena Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Valencia | Transport | 2.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| A Coruña Province | Transport | 2.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population