Colombia vs Equatorial Guinea: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 579,792 tonnes against 394,574 tonnes in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 185,218 tonnes.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.5 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Colombia ranks 49th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 52nd of 215 countries.