Methane emissions in Spain

Methane emissions in Spain was 1,574.1 thousand tonnes of methane in 2025, according to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre. That is down 2% from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

2025, thousand tonnes of methane1,574.1 Provisional

Change on 2024-2%

Rank4th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high1,693.12009

Series low1,0351970

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Methane emissions in Spain, 1970 to 2025

thousand tonnes of methane. Source: EDGAR (European Commission, JRC), EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-18.

All 56 values

Period	thousand tonnes of methane
2025	1,574.1 Provisional
2024	1,606.2 Provisional
2023	1,606.2
2022	1,639.4
2021	1,645.5
2020	1,628.5
2019	1,606.8
2018	1,629.1
2017	1,622.2
2016	1,610
2015	1,638.3
2014	1,573.4
2013	1,578
2012	1,594.1
2011	1,625.1
2010	1,633.3
2009	1,693.1
2008	1,626.7
2007	1,675.1
2006	1,639.3
2005	1,637.9
2004	1,651.2
2003	1,661.6
2002	1,662.5
2001	1,634.8
2000	1,599.8
1999	1,564.5
1998	1,540.2
1997	1,514.7
1996	1,445.9
1995	1,425.9
1994	1,401.4
1993	1,390.1
1992	1,387.8
1991	1,370.5
1990	1,341.6
1989	1,330.8
1988	1,307.6
1987	1,213.4
1986	1,270.2
1985	1,232.1
1984	1,234.4
1983	1,229.2
1982	1,246.3
1981	1,162.3
1980	1,148.6
1979	1,123.9
1978	1,130.3
1977	1,118.3
1976	1,088.3
1975	1,076.5
1974	1,075.2
1973	1,081.7
1972	1,070.8
1971	1,055.8
1970	1,035

Rankings

Countries by methane emissions 217 places
EU countries by methane emissions 27 places

Definition

Methane (CH4) emitted in the year, in thousand tonnes of methane, from agriculture (livestock, manure, rice), fossil fuel production and distribution, waste and wastewater, fuel combustion and industry, as estimated by EDGAR. EDGAR estimates every country with the same IPCC methods and international activity statistics, so countries can be compared, but the values differ from the inventories countries report themselves. Emissions from land use, land use change and forestry and from large scale biomass burning (savannah and forest fires) are not included. The latest two years are fast track estimates from proxy statistics, replaced in later releases, and are marked provisional.

Tonnes of the gas itself, not CO2 equivalent: EDGAR weights a tonne of methane as 28 tonnes of CO2 (30 for fossil methane) over 100 years (IPCC AR5). EDGAR counts Andorra with Spain, Monaco with France, San Marino and the Holy See with Italy, and Liechtenstein with Switzerland. It reports Israel and Palestine, Sudan and South Sudan, and Serbia and Montenegro together, so those countries have no value here. Each release revises past years.

How to cite

EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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APA 7

European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (2026). EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane (Methane emissions, Spain, 1970 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/

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EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane, Methane emissions, Spain, 1970 to 2025. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 18 Sept. 2026, https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/methane-emissions/spain. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

European Commission, Joint Research Centre. 2026. EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane. Methane emissions, Spain, 1970 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/methane-emissions/spain.

Harvard

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026) EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane, Methane emissions, Spain, 1970 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/methane-emissions/spain (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{european_methane_emissions_spain_2025,
  author = {{European Commission, Joint Research Centre}},
  title = {{EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane: Methane emissions, Spain, 1970 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/methane-emissions/spain. Publisher attribution: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR CH4 emissions by country, thousand tonnes (Gg) of methane. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR\_2026\_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}

RIS

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