Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring by country
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
67.36 million tonnes
Russia
Lowest
0 tonnes
Christmas Island
Median
0 tonnes
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
12,483
What the numbers show
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 67.36 million tonnes in Russia; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Christmas Island.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 tonnes, and the mean is 1.97 million tonnes.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 73 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 67.36 million tonnes | 2024 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 61.33 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran | 42.89 million tonnes | 2024 | up 88.2% | flat |
| 4 | Iraq | 34.18 million tonnes | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 17.50 million tonnes | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Canada | 17.12 million tonnes | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia | 16.26 million tonnes | 2024 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela | 15.63 million tonnes | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Algeria | 14.82 million tonnes | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 12.18 million tonnes | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Libya | 11.80 million tonnes | 2024 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 10.76 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 9.91 million tonnes | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 4.62 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 15 | China | 4.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 16 | Angola | 3.87 million tonnes | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Oman | 3.82 million tonnes | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 18 | Congo | 3.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Poland | 3.57 million tonnes | 2024 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 3.53 million tonnes | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 3.42 million tonnes | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Indonesia | 3.20 million tonnes | 2024 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 3.09 million tonnes | 2024 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 24 | Egypt | 3.06 million tonnes | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Malaysia | 2.88 million tonnes | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 26 | India | 2.79 million tonnes | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 2.54 million tonnes | 2024 | up 82.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Turkmenistan | 2.53 million tonnes | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Gabon | 2.27 million tonnes | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Syria | 2.14 million tonnes | 2024 | up 192.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Ukraine | 2.08 million tonnes | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Qatar | 1.74 million tonnes | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Italy | 1.74 million tonnes | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 34 | France | 1.66 million tonnes | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 35 | Germany | 1.65 million tonnes | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 1.52 million tonnes | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Norway | 1.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Kuwait | 1.14 million tonnes | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Vietnam | 1.13 million tonnes | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Cameroon | 1.10 million tonnes | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 41 | Portugal | 1.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Netherlands | 1.02 million tonnes | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 43 | New Zealand | 972,423 tonnes | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 829,550 tonnes | 2024 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Romania | 795,922 tonnes | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 46 | Ghana | 763,017 tonnes | 2024 | up 245.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Yemen | 703,552 tonnes | 2024 | down 68.9% | rising |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 692,923 tonnes | 2024 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | 579,792 tonnes | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Pakistan | 467,744 tonnes | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Thailand | 395,138 tonnes | 2024 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | 394,574 tonnes | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 372,014 tonnes | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Chad | 349,943 tonnes | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Japan | 335,664 tonnes | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Tunisia | 320,145 tonnes | 2024 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Croatia | 304,075 tonnes | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Turkey | 213,937 tonnes | 2024 | up 47.0% | falling |
| 59 | Peru | 213,436 tonnes | 2024 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Lithuania | 197,842 tonnes | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Brunei | 190,331 tonnes | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 178,431 tonnes | 2024 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Guyana | 175,254 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 174,821 tonnes | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 65 | Iceland | 172,186 tonnes | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 66 | Mozambique | 146,490 tonnes | 2024 | up 586.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Hungary | 145,572 tonnes | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 68 | Bahrain | 122,651 tonnes | 2024 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Bolivia | 122,031 tonnes | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Senegal | 113,740 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Denmark | 111,243 tonnes | 2024 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Philippines | 110,149 tonnes | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Slovenia | 98,870 tonnes | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Cuba | 91,406 tonnes | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Guatemala | 86,630 tonnes | 2024 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Finland | 85,634 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 77 | Slovakia | 81,545 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Belgium | 74,122 tonnes | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 79 | Austria | 73,842 tonnes | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 80 | Cote d'Ivoire | 66,138 tonnes | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Niger | 64,785 tonnes | 2024 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Israel | 59,239 tonnes | 2024 | up 50,102.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Czechia | 36,769 tonnes | 2024 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 84 | East Timor | 33,953 tonnes | 2024 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 22,692 tonnes | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Sudan | 21,733 tonnes | 2024 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Myanmar | 18,950 tonnes | 2024 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Papua New Guinea | 17,183 tonnes | 2024 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Switzerland | 14,012 tonnes | 2024 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 90 | Sweden | 12,354 tonnes | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Belarus | 6,362 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 92 | South Korea | 6,083 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Chile | 5,903 tonnes | 2024 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Belize | 5,358 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mauritania | 5,302 tonnes | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 96 | South Africa | 4,963 tonnes | 2024 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Greece | 3,082 tonnes | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Jordan | 1,560 tonnes | 2024 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Albania | 658 tonnes | 2024 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Tanzania | 188 tonnes | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Estonia | 21 tonnes | 2024 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Latvia | 8 tonnes | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Aruba | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Andorra | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Armenia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Burundi | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Benin | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Bahamas | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Bermuda | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Barbados | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 105 | Bhutan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Botswana | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Central African Republic | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Comoros | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Curacao | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Cyprus | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Djibouti | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Dominica | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Eritrea | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Fiji | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Faroe Islands | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Micronesia (country) | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Georgia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Guinea | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Gambia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Grenada | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Greenland | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Hong Kong | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Honduras | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Haiti | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Jamaica | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Kenya | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Laos | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Lebanon | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Liberia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Lesotho | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Macao | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Morocco | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Moldova | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Madagascar | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Maldives | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mali | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritius | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Malawi | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Namibia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | New Caledonia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Nepal | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Nauru | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Panama | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Palau | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | North Korea | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Paraguay | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Palestine | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Singapore | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Solomon Islands | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Somalia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Serbia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | South Sudan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Suriname | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Eswatini | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Seychelles | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Togo | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Tonga | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Tuvalu | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Uganda | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Uruguay | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | British Virgin Islands | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Samoa | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Zambia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Zimbabwe | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Taiwan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Anguilla | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Cook Islands | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Montserrat | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Niue | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Helena | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Antarctica | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Christmas Island | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | flat |
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.