Malaysia vs Qatar: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Malaysia

181.49 million tonnes

in 2024

Qatar

215.79 million tonnes

in 2024

Malaysia rank

22nd

Qatar rank

20th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Qatar currently reports 215.79 million tonnes against 181.49 million tonnes in Malaysia, a difference of 34.30 million tonnes.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.

Across all 51 years both countries report, Qatar has been ahead every year.

Malaysia ranks 22nd and Qatar ranks 20th 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.