Hungary vs Sweden: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Hungary

13.28 million tonnes

in 2024

Sweden

17.12 million tonnes

in 2024

Hungary rank

63rd

Sweden rank

60th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Sweden currently reports 17.12 million tonnes against 13.28 million tonnes in Hungary, a difference of 3.84 million tonnes.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Hungary ahead.

Hungary ranks 63rd and Sweden ranks 60th 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.