Qatar vs Syria: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
Qatar
0.4%
in 2024
Syria
0.5%
in 2024
Qatar rank
32nd
Syria rank
30th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring over time
- Qatar
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Qatar, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.2 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Qatar ahead.
Qatar ranks 32nd and Syria ranks 30th of 215 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Qatar averaged higher in 3 and Syria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Qatar | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 0.2% | 1.7% | Qatar |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Syria |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 1.9% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.6% | Qatar |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Qatar |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from flaring, Qatar or Syria?
- Syria, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Qatar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from flaring between Qatar and Syria?
- 0.1%, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Syria?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Qatar and Syria rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Qatar ranks 32nd and Syria ranks 30th 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.