Latvia vs Niger: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Latvia

1.56 million tonnes

in 2024

Niger

1.20 million tonnes

in 2024

Latvia rank

93rd

Niger rank

96th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Latvia currently reports 1.56 million tonnes against 1.20 million tonnes in Niger, a difference of 362,740 tonnes.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.3 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niger ahead.

Latvia ranks 93rd and Niger ranks 96th 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.