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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring
Unit
tonnes
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, 12,483 data points, 1750–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.