Angola vs Qatar: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Angola

279.33 million tonnes

in 2024

Qatar

215.79 million tonnes

in 2024

Angola rank

19th

Qatar rank

20th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Angola currently reports 279.33 million tonnes against 215.79 million tonnes in Qatar, a difference of 63.54 million tonnes.

That makes Angola's figure about 1.3 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Qatar ahead.

Angola ranks 19th and Qatar ranks 20th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative 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

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.