Iran vs Qatar: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring
Iran
0.4684 tonnes per person
in 2024
Qatar
0.5723 tonnes per person
in 2024
Iran rank
10th
Qatar rank
7th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring over time
- Iran
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.5723 tonnes per person against 0.4684 tonnes per person in Iran, a difference of 0.1039 tonnes per person.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.2 times Iran's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Qatar ahead.
Iran ranks 10th and Qatar ranks 7th of 213 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iran | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.18 tonnes per person | 83.72 tonnes per person | 82.53 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1970s | 1.4 tonnes per person | 37.65 tonnes per person | 36.26 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1980s | 0.2998 tonnes per person | 2.53 tonnes per person | 2.23 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 1990s | 0.3136 tonnes per person | 6.75 tonnes per person | 6.44 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2000s | 0.2821 tonnes per person | 5.79 tonnes per person | 5.51 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2010s | 0.3034 tonnes per person | 0.991 tonnes per person | 0.6876 tonnes per person | Qatar |
| 2020s | 0.3811 tonnes per person | 0.6439 tonnes per person | 0.2628 tonnes per person | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita co₂ emissions from flaring, Iran or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.5723 tonnes per person against 0.4684 tonnes per person in Iran as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita co₂ emissions from flaring between Iran and Qatar?
- 0.1039 tonnes per person, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Qatar?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Iran and Qatar rank globally for per capita co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Iran ranks 10th and Qatar ranks 7th of 213 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.