Rwanda vs Tanzania: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Rwanda

21,984 tonnes

in 2024

Tanzania

9,039 tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda rank

116th

Tanzania rank

118th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Rwanda currently reports 21,984 tonnes against 9,039 tonnes in Tanzania, a difference of 12,945 tonnes.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 2.4 times Tanzania's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.

Rwanda ranks 116th and Tanzania ranks 118th 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.