Brazil vs Canada: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Brazil

17.50 million tonnes

in 2024

Canada

17.12 million tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

5th

Canada rank

6th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Brazil currently reports 17.50 million tonnes against 17.12 million tonnes in Canada, a difference of 383,600 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 5th and Canada ranks 6th 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.