Ecuador vs Malaysia: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Ecuador

3.09 million tonnes

in 2024

Malaysia

2.88 million tonnes

in 2024

Ecuador rank

23rd

Malaysia rank

25th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Ecuador currently reports 3.09 million tonnes against 2.88 million tonnes in Malaysia, a difference of 215,640 tonnes.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 23rd and Malaysia ranks 25th 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.