Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring by country
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.
Countries reporting
120
Highest
67.36 million tonnes
Russia
Lowest
0 tonnes
Tajikistan
Median
194,086 tonnes
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
12,483
What the numbers show
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 67.36 million tonnes in Russia; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 194,086 tonnes, and the mean is 3.46 million tonnes.
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: 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 |
| 100 | Ireland | 261 tonnes | 2024 | up 480.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Tanzania | 188 tonnes | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Luxembourg | 29 tonnes | 2024 | down 43.1% | rising |
| 103 | Estonia | 21 tonnes | 2024 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Latvia | 8 tonnes | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Armenia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Barbados | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Moldova | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Serbia | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Suriname | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.