Belgium vs Niger: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Belgium

74,122 tonnes

in 2024

Niger

64,785 tonnes

in 2024

Belgium rank

78th

Niger rank

81st

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Belgium currently reports 74,122 tonnes against 64,785 tonnes in Niger, a difference of 9,337 tonnes.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 78th and Niger ranks 81st 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.