Australia vs Kuwait: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring

Australia

1.7%

in 2024

Kuwait

1.8%

in 2024

Australia rank

17th

Kuwait rank

16th

Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Australia
Kuwait

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 1.8% against 1.7% in Australia, a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 17th and Kuwait ranks 16th of 215 countries.

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Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Australia
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Kuwait
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.