China vs Mexico: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring

China

1.0%

in 2024

Mexico

2.6%

in 2024

China rank

15th

Mexico rank

12th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Mexico currently reports 2.6% against 1.0% in China, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Mexico's figure about 2.7 times China's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Mexico ahead.

China ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 12th of 215 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from flaring in the same year.