Canada vs Iran: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Canada

17.12 million tonnes

in 2024

Iran

42.89 million tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

6th

Iran rank

3rd

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Iran currently reports 42.89 million tonnes against 17.12 million tonnes in Canada, a difference of 25.77 million tonnes.

That makes Iran's figure about 2.5 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Iran ahead.

Canada ranks 6th and Iran ranks 3rd 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.