Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring, per square kilometre by country
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
113
Highest
153.31 tonnes per square kilometre
Bahrain
Lowest
0 tonnes per square kilometre
Suriname
Median
1.71 tonnes per square kilometre
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,620
What the numbers show
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring, per square kilometre is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 153.31 tonnes per square kilometre in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 tonnes per square kilometre in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.71 tonnes per square kilometre, and the mean is 7.97 tonnes per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 50,102.5%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 153.31 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Qatar | 151.85 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Iraq | 78.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Kuwait | 63.93 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Brunei | 36.12 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.8 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Netherlands | 30.38 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Iran | 26.44 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 89.0% | falling |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 21.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Venezuela | 17.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 14.14 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 13.38 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Ecuador | 12.46 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Oman | 12.36 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 16 | Syria | 11.68 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 192.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Poland | 11.67 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 11.17 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Congo | 10.66 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Gabon | 8.81 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Malaysia | 8.76 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 7.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 23 | Libya | 6.7 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 24 | United States | 6.7 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 6.38 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Algeria | 6.22 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 27 | Italy | 5.89 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 28 | Mexico | 5.54 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 29 | Croatia | 5.43 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 30 | Turkmenistan | 5.38 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 4.91 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 32 | Germany | 4.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 4.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Russia | 4.11 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 35 | Norway | 4.1 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 36 | New Zealand | 3.69 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 3.67 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 38 | Vietnam | 3.6 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Ukraine | 3.59 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 40 | Romania | 3.46 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 41 | Ghana | 3.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 245.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Lithuania | 3.16 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 43 | Angola | 3.11 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 44 | France | 3.08 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 3.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Denmark | 2.78 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Israel | 2.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 50,102.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Belgium | 2.43 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 2.32 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 50 | East Timor | 2.28 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 2.15 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Australia | 2.11 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Brazil | 2.09 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Tunisia | 2.06 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Canada | 1.95 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 1.89 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Iceland | 1.71 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 58 | Slovakia | 1.7 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 59 | Indonesia | 1.69 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Hungary | 1.6 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 61 | Yemen | 1.33 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 68.9% | rising |
| 62 | India | 0.9386 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Argentina | 0.9272 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 82.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Japan | 0.9209 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Austria | 0.8948 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 66 | Cuba | 0.8806 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Guyana | 0.83 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Guatemala | 0.8084 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Thailand | 0.7734 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 70 | Pakistan | 0.6068 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Senegal | 0.5908 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Colombia | 0.5226 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 64.4% | flat |
| 73 | Czechia | 0.4766 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 82.3% | falling |
| 74 | China | 0.4275 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 75 | Philippines | 0.3694 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Switzerland | 0.3546 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 77 | Finland | 0.2817 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 78 | Turkey | 0.278 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 47.0% | falling |
| 79 | Chad | 0.2779 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Belize | 0.2349 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.208 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Mozambique | 0.1863 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 586.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 0.1743 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 0.1667 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Bolivia | 0.1122 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0771 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 87 | South Korea | 0.0623 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Niger | 0.0511 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0379 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.0313 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 91 | Sweden | 0.0303 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Myanmar | 0.029 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Albania | 0.024 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Greece | 0.0239 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Jordan | 0.0176 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Sudan | 0.0116 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 97.6% | falling |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 0.0113 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 98 | Chile | 0.008 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritania | 0.0051 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 100 | South Africa | 0.0041 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Ireland | 0.0038 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 480.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 0.0005 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 103 | Tanzania | 0.0002 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Latvia | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Barbados | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Serbia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Suriname | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Annual co2 flaring Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.