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Portugal × Spain × European Union ×

Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Methane emissions (EDGAR) (million tonnes of CO2 equivalent), 2000 to 2024
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2024 11.4 Mt CO2e 42.8 Mt CO2e 428.5 Mt CO2e
2023 11.3 Mt CO2e 43.1 Mt CO2e 432.0 Mt CO2e
2022 11.3 Mt CO2e 43.9 Mt CO2e 442.7 Mt CO2e
2021 11.5 Mt CO2e 44.6 Mt CO2e 449.9 Mt CO2e
2020 11.5 Mt CO2e 43.8 Mt CO2e 449.1 Mt CO2e
2019 11.5 Mt CO2e 43.6 Mt CO2e 455.7 Mt CO2e
2018 11.3 Mt CO2e 43.8 Mt CO2e 462.0 Mt CO2e
2017 11.3 Mt CO2e 43.4 Mt CO2e 468.1 Mt CO2e
2016 11.1 Mt CO2e 43.1 Mt CO2e 470.4 Mt CO2e
2015 11.2 Mt CO2e 42.9 Mt CO2e 472.1 Mt CO2e
2014 11.0 Mt CO2e 41.9 Mt CO2e 470.8 Mt CO2e
2013 10.9 Mt CO2e 41.9 Mt CO2e 476.8 Mt CO2e
2012 11.0 Mt CO2e 43.0 Mt CO2e 484.2 Mt CO2e
2011 11.1 Mt CO2e 43.7 Mt CO2e 485.8 Mt CO2e
2010 10.9 Mt CO2e 44.1 Mt CO2e 495.7 Mt CO2e
2009 11.4 Mt CO2e 45.4 Mt CO2e 496.9 Mt CO2e
2008 11.4 Mt CO2e 44.1 Mt CO2e 505.9 Mt CO2e
2007 11.9 Mt CO2e 45.5 Mt CO2e 512.1 Mt CO2e
2006 12.2 Mt CO2e 44.6 Mt CO2e 513.6 Mt CO2e
2005 12.1 Mt CO2e 44.6 Mt CO2e 518.0 Mt CO2e
2004 12.0 Mt CO2e 45.0 Mt CO2e 528.4 Mt CO2e
2003 11.9 Mt CO2e 45.2 Mt CO2e 536.9 Mt CO2e
2002 11.8 Mt CO2e 45.1 Mt CO2e 543.0 Mt CO2e
2001 11.7 Mt CO2e 44.5 Mt CO2e 547.9 Mt CO2e
2000 11.9 Mt CO2e 43.7 Mt CO2e 556.8 Mt CO2e

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.GHG.CH4.MT.CE.AR5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database