Ethiopia vs Spain: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
Ethiopia
0.5%
in 2024
Spain
0.6%
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
35th
Spain rank
33rd
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature over time
- Ethiopia
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 35th and Spain ranks 33rd of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 11 and Spain in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Ethiopia |
| 1860s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Ethiopia |
| 1870s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Ethiopia |
| 1880s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Ethiopia |
| 1890s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Ethiopia |
| 1900s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Ethiopia |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Ethiopia |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Ethiopia |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Ethiopia |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature, Ethiopia or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature between Ethiopia and Spain?
- 0.1%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Spain?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Spain rank globally for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Ethiopia ranks 35th and Spain ranks 33rd of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.