Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Libya
11.80 million tonnes
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
4.62 million tonnes
in 2024
Libya rank
11th
Saudi Arabia rank
14th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

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  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 11.80 million tonnes against 4.62 million tonnes in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 7.18 million tonnes.

That makes Libya's figure about 2.6 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Libya ranks 11th and Saudi Arabia ranks 14th of 215 countries.

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About this data

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
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.