Hungary vs Iceland: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Hungary

145,572 tonnes

in 2024

Iceland

172,186 tonnes

in 2024

Hungary rank

67th

Iceland rank

65th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Iceland currently reports 172,186 tonnes against 145,572 tonnes in Hungary, a difference of 26,614 tonnes.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Hungary ahead.

Hungary ranks 67th and Iceland ranks 65th 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.