Brazil vs Canada: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Brazil

507.68 million tonnes

in 2024

Canada

666.77 million tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

11th

Canada rank

9th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Canada currently reports 666.77 million tonnes against 507.68 million tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 159.08 million tonnes.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 11th and Canada ranks 9th 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.