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Values for 2024
European Union, 2024
5.47 t CO2 per person
aggregate · −34.0% since 2000
Spain, 2024
4.51 t CO2 per person
−41.1% since 2000
Portugal, 2024
3.32 t CO2 per person
−46.7% since 2000
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Tonnes of CO2 per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.32 t CO2 per person | 4.51 t CO2 per person | 5.47 t CO2 per person |
| 2023 | 3.54 t CO2 per person | 4.57 t CO2 per person | 5.59 t CO2 per person |
| 2022 | 3.80 t CO2 per person | 4.99 t CO2 per person | 6.15 t CO2 per person |
| 2021 | 3.76 t CO2 per person | 4.92 t CO2 per person | 6.32 t CO2 per person |
| 2020 | 3.95 t CO2 per person | 4.53 t CO2 per person | 5.90 t CO2 per person |
| 2019 | 4.51 t CO2 per person | 5.40 t CO2 per person | 6.51 t CO2 per person |
| 2018 | 4.97 t CO2 per person | 5.81 t CO2 per person | 6.83 t CO2 per person |
| 2017 | 5.35 t CO2 per person | 5.98 t CO2 per person | 6.99 t CO2 per person |
| 2016 | 4.89 t CO2 per person | 5.66 t CO2 per person | 6.95 t CO2 per person |
| 2015 | 4.99 t CO2 per person | 5.85 t CO2 per person | 6.94 t CO2 per person |
| 2014 | 4.58 t CO2 per person | 5.49 t CO2 per person | 6.82 t CO2 per person |
| 2013 | 4.60 t CO2 per person | 5.50 t CO2 per person | 7.15 t CO2 per person |
| 2012 | 4.73 t CO2 per person | 6.09 t CO2 per person | 7.35 t CO2 per person |
| 2011 | 4.87 t CO2 per person | 6.19 t CO2 per person | 7.51 t CO2 per person |
| 2010 | 5.04 t CO2 per person | 6.18 t CO2 per person | 7.71 t CO2 per person |
| 2009 | 5.53 t CO2 per person | 6.48 t CO2 per person | 7.48 t CO2 per person |
| 2008 | 5.61 t CO2 per person | 7.40 t CO2 per person | 8.12 t CO2 per person |
| 2007 | 5.82 t CO2 per person | 8.21 t CO2 per person | 8.35 t CO2 per person |
| 2006 | 5.98 t CO2 per person | 8.07 t CO2 per person | 8.47 t CO2 per person |
| 2005 | 6.46 t CO2 per person | 8.43 t CO2 per person | 8.46 t CO2 per person |
| 2004 | 6.16 t CO2 per person | 8.21 t CO2 per person | 8.54 t CO2 per person |
| 2003 | 6.00 t CO2 per person | 7.96 t CO2 per person | 8.56 t CO2 per person |
| 2002 | 6.50 t CO2 per person | 7.93 t CO2 per person | 8.36 t CO2 per person |
| 2001 | 6.13 t CO2 per person | 7.60 t CO2 per person | 8.40 t CO2 per person |
| 2000 | 6.24 t CO2 per person | 7.65 t CO2 per person | 8.29 t CO2 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.