China vs Ukraine: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

China

166.84 million tonnes

in 2024

Ukraine

177.04 million tonnes

in 2024

China rank

28th

Ukraine rank

25th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Ukraine currently reports 177.04 million tonnes against 166.84 million tonnes in China, a difference of 10.21 million tonnes.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.1 times China's.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Ukraine has been ahead every year.

China ranks 28th and Ukraine ranks 25th 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.