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Values for 2024
European Union, 2024
3,545,367 tonnes
aggregate · −41.8% since 2000
Spain, 2024
764,462 tonnes
−28.1% since 2000
Portugal, 2024
237,008 tonnes
+23.4% since 2000
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Metric tonnes. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 237,008 tonnes | 764,462 tonnes | 3,545,367 tonnes |
| 2023 | 163,773 tonnes | 766,558 tonnes | 3,569,281 tonnes |
| 2022 | 159,891 tonnes | 809,129 tonnes | 3,661,908 tonnes |
| 2021 | 179,527 tonnes | 803,133 tonnes | 3,741,823 tonnes |
| 2020 | 159,948 tonnes | 798,289 tonnes | 4,010,160 tonnes |
| 2019 | 185,050 tonnes | 882,925 tonnes | 4,234,830 tonnes |
| 2018 | 178,270 tonnes | 930,744 tonnes | 4,706,964 tonnes |
| 2017 | 182,615 tonnes | 948,089 tonnes | 4,915,319 tonnes |
| 2016 | 186,545 tonnes | 911,526 tonnes | 4,552,351 tonnes |
| 2015 | 190,100 tonnes | 972,372 tonnes | 4,716,008 tonnes |
| 2014 | 183,664 tonnes | 1,059,925 tonnes | 4,727,998 tonnes |
| 2013 | 196,558 tonnes | 985,084 tonnes | 4,443,454 tonnes |
| 2012 | 198,738 tonnes | 926,241 tonnes | 4,083,731 tonnes |
| 2011 | 216,159 tonnes | 1,006,441 tonnes | 4,592,741 tonnes |
| 2010 | 223,546 tonnes | 970,776 tonnes | 4,877,852 tonnes |
| 2009 | 199,165 tonnes | 927,957 tonnes | 4,729,528 tonnes |
| 2008 | 224,481 tonnes | 918,188 tonnes | 4,669,701 tonnes |
| 2007 | 256,683 tonnes | 818,029 tonnes | 4,778,789 tonnes |
| 2006 | 229,838 tonnes | 959,700 tonnes | 5,177,545 tonnes |
| 2005 | 221,086 tonnes | 853,950 tonnes | 5,185,395 tonnes |
| 2004 | 222,563 tonnes | 811,160 tonnes | 5,395,101 tonnes |
| 2003 | 212,821 tonnes | 888,844 tonnes | 5,387,156 tonnes |
| 2002 | 203,418 tonnes | 883,147 tonnes | 5,860,054 tonnes |
| 2001 | 194,464 tonnes | 1,090,291 tonnes | 6,201,557 tonnes |
| 2000 | 192,120 tonnes | 1,062,912 tonnes | 6,094,540 tonnes |
A dash means no value was published for that period.