Germany vs Italy: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Germany

1.65 million tonnes

in 2024

Italy

1.74 million tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

35th

Italy rank

33rd

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Italy currently reports 1.74 million tonnes against 1.65 million tonnes in Germany, a difference of 89,960 tonnes.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.

Germany ranks 35th and Italy ranks 33rd 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.