Libya vs United Arab Emirates: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Libya

520.63 million tonnes

in 2024

United Arab Emirates

433.45 million tonnes

in 2024

Libya rank

10th

United Arab Emirates rank

13th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Libya currently reports 520.63 million tonnes against 433.45 million tonnes in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 87.17 million tonnes.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.2 times United Arab Emirates's.

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

Libya ranks 10th and United Arab Emirates ranks 13th 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.