Algeria vs Libya: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Algeria

14.82 million tonnes

in 2024

Libya

11.80 million tonnes

in 2024

Algeria rank

9th

Libya rank

11th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Algeria currently reports 14.82 million tonnes against 11.80 million tonnes in Libya, a difference of 3.02 million tonnes.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.3 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Libya ahead.

Algeria ranks 9th and Libya ranks 11th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 12,483 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.