Germany vs Kuwait: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Germany

1.65 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait

1.14 million tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

35th

Kuwait rank

38th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Germany currently reports 1.65 million tonnes against 1.14 million tonnes in Kuwait, a difference of 511,470 tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.4 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Kuwait ahead.

Germany ranks 35th and Kuwait ranks 38th 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.