Australia vs Qatar: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Australia
345.17 million tonnes
in 2024
Qatar
215.79 million tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
17th
Qatar rank
20th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

  • Australia
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 345.17 million tonnes against 215.79 million tonnes in Qatar, a difference of 129.37 million tonnes.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.6 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Qatar ahead.

Australia ranks 17th and Qatar ranks 20th of 215 countries.

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About this data

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