Algeria vs Libya: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Algeria
3.9%
in 2024
Libya
2.6%
in 2024
Algeria rank
8th
Libya rank
10th

Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

  • Algeria
  • Libya
01234196719952024

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 3.9% against 2.6% in Libya, a difference of 1.3%.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.5 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Libya ahead.

Algeria ranks 8th and Libya ranks 10th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of global cumulative 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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Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from flaring.