Iraq vs Libya: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Iraq

946.27 million tonnes

in 2024

Libya

520.63 million tonnes

in 2024

Iraq rank

7th

Libya rank

10th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Iraq currently reports 946.27 million tonnes against 520.63 million tonnes in Libya, a difference of 425.64 million tonnes.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.8 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 7th and Libya ranks 10th 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.