Libya vs Venezuela: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring

Libya
2.8%
in 2024
Venezuela
3.8%
in 2024
Libya rank
11th
Venezuela rank
8th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

  • Libya
  • Venezuela
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How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 3.8% against 2.8% in Libya, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.3 times Libya's.

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

Libya ranks 11th and Venezuela ranks 8th 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.