Iraq vs Libya: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring

Iraq

0.7424 tonnes per person

in 2024

Libya

1.6 tonnes per person

in 2024

Iraq rank

3rd

Libya rank

1st

Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Libya currently reports 1.6 tonnes per person against 0.7424 tonnes per person in Iraq, a difference of 0.8559 tonnes per person.

That makes Libya's figure about 2.2 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Libya ahead.

Iraq ranks 3rd and Libya ranks 1st of 213 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 12,147 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.