Gabon vs Turkmenistan: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
Gabon
0.5%
in 2024
Turkmenistan
0.6%
in 2024
Gabon rank
29th
Turkmenistan rank
28th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring over time
- Gabon
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Gabon, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Turkmenistan's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Gabon ranks 29th and Turkmenistan ranks 28th of 215 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 5 and Turkmenistan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Gabon |
| 1980s | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.4% | Gabon |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% | Gabon |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | Gabon |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Turkmenistan |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from flaring, Gabon or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from flaring between Gabon and Turkmenistan?
- 0.1%, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Turkmenistan?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Gabon and Turkmenistan rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Gabon ranks 29th and Turkmenistan ranks 28th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global 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 as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from flaring in the same year.