China vs Kazakhstan: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring

China
1.0%
in 2024
Kazakhstan
2.4%
in 2024
China rank
15th
Kazakhstan rank
13th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

  • China
  • Kazakhstan
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How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 2.4% against 1.0% in China, a difference of 1.4%.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 2.5 times China's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

China ranks 15th and Kazakhstan ranks 13th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
Unit
%
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, 9,653 data points, 1950–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from flaring in the same year.