Canada vs Iraq: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Canada
666.77 million tonnes
in 2024
Iraq
946.27 million tonnes
in 2024
Canada rank
9th
Iraq rank
7th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

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  • Iraq
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 946.27 million tonnes against 666.77 million tonnes in Canada, a difference of 279.50 million tonnes.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.4 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 9th and Iraq ranks 7th 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.