Canada vs Iraq: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Canada

17.12 million tonnes

in 2024

Iraq

34.18 million tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

6th

Iraq rank

4th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Iraq currently reports 34.18 million tonnes against 17.12 million tonnes in Canada, a difference of 17.06 million tonnes.

That makes Iraq's figure about 2.0 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Iraq ahead.

Canada ranks 6th and Iraq ranks 4th 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.