Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring

Libya

2.8%

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

1.1%

in 2024

Libya rank

11th

Saudi Arabia rank

14th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Libya currently reports 2.8% against 1.1% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1.7%.

That makes Libya's figure about 2.6 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Libya ranks 11th and Saudi Arabia ranks 14th 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.