Libya vs Venezuela: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Libya

11.80 million tonnes

in 2024

Venezuela

15.63 million tonnes

in 2024

Libya rank

11th

Venezuela rank

8th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Venezuela currently reports 15.63 million tonnes against 11.80 million tonnes in Libya, a difference of 3.83 million tonnes.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.3 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Venezuela ahead.

Libya ranks 11th and Venezuela ranks 8th 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.