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

Libya

2.6%

in 2024

Mexico

2.5%

in 2024

Libya rank

10th

Mexico rank

12th

Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Libya
Mexico

How they compare

Libya currently reports 2.6% against 2.5% in Mexico, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Mexico ahead.

Libya ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 12th of 215 countries.

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Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Libya
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Mexico
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.