Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia
Latvia: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring was 8 tonnes in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
8 tonnes
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
104th
of 215 countries
All-time high
124,209 tonnes
in 1988
All-time low
0 tonnes
in 1830
Years of data
173
1830–2024
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia, 1830–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
In 2024, annual co₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia stood at 8 tonnes.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual co₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia peaked at 124,209 tonnes in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes, in 1830.
That places Latvia 104th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia, year by year
| Year | tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1830 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1831 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1832 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1833 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1850 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1855 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1858 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1859 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1860 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1861 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1862 | 0 tonnes | — |
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| 1869 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1870 | 0 tonnes | — |
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| 1872 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1873 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1874 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1875 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1876 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1877 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1878 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1879 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1880 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1881 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1882 | 0 tonnes | — |
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| 1884 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1885 | 0 tonnes | — |
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| 1892 | 0 tonnes | — |
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| 1945 | 0 tonnes | — |
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| 1951 | 0 tonnes | — |
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| 1956 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1957 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1958 | 0 tonnes | — |
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| 1961 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1962 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1963 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1964 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1965 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1966 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1967 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1968 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1969 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1970 | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1971 | 72,763 tonnes | — |
| 1972 | 68,242 tonnes | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 79,560 tonnes | +16.6% |
| 1974 | 85,509 tonnes | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 94,502 tonnes | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 105,633 tonnes | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 113,776 tonnes | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 119,414 tonnes | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 64,824 tonnes | -45.7% |
| 1980 | 65,661 tonnes | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 63,748 tonnes | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 63,919 tonnes | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 63,300 tonnes | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 63,419 tonnes | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 70,371 tonnes | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 61,578 tonnes | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 56,477 tonnes | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 124,209 tonnes | +119.9% |
| 1989 | 121,120 tonnes | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 11 tonnes | -100.0% |
| 1991 | 11 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10 tonnes | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 10 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 9 tonnes | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 9 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 9 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 8 tonnes | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 8 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 8 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7 tonnes | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 7 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 7 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6 tonnes | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 5 tonnes | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 6 tonnes | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 4 tonnes | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 5 tonnes | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 5 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 tonnes | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 4 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 tonnes | +25.0% |
| 2012 | 5 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 tonnes | +60.0% |
| 2014 | 14 tonnes | +75.0% |
| 2015 | 13 tonnes | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 12 tonnes | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 16 tonnes | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 9 tonnes | -43.8% |
| 2019 | 10 tonnes | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 11 tonnes | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 11 tonnes | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9 tonnes | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 8 tonnes | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 8 tonnes | +0.0% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 8 tonnes is below the median for high income countries, which is 48,004 tonnes, 0% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 8 tonnes is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 77,834 tonnes, 0% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +119.9% | 56,477 tonnes | 124,209 tonnes |
| 1990 | -100.0% | 121,120 tonnes | 11 tonnes |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 4 |
| 1850s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 4 |
| 1860s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1870s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1880s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1890s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1900s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 10 |
| 1970s | 80,422 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 119,414 tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,380 tonnes | 56,477 tonnes | 124,209 tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.3 tonnes | 8 tonnes | 11 tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.6 tonnes | 4 tonnes | 7 tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.6 tonnes | 4 tonnes | 16 tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.4 tonnes | 8 tonnes | 11 tonnes | 5 |
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- 105 Bahamas 0 tonnes
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- 105 Benin 0 tonnes
- 105 Bermuda 0 tonnes
- 105 Bhutan 0 tonnes
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- 105 Cape Verde 0 tonnes
- 105 Central African Republic 0 tonnes
- 105 Christmas Island 0 tonnes
- 105 Comoros 0 tonnes
- 105 Cook Islands 0 tonnes
- 105 Costa Rica 0 tonnes
- 105 Curacao 0 tonnes
- 105 Cyprus 0 tonnes
- 105 Djibouti 0 tonnes
- 105 Dominica 0 tonnes
- 105 Dominican Republic 0 tonnes
- 105 El Salvador 0 tonnes
- 105 Eritrea 0 tonnes
- 105 Eswatini 0 tonnes
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- 105 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes
- 105 Fiji 0 tonnes
- 105 French Polynesia 0 tonnes
- 105 Gambia 0 tonnes
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- 105 Greenland 0 tonnes
- 105 Grenada 0 tonnes
- 105 Guinea 0 tonnes
- 105 Guinea-Bissau 0 tonnes
- 105 Haiti 0 tonnes
- 105 Honduras 0 tonnes
- 105 Hong Kong 0 tonnes
- 105 Jamaica 0 tonnes
- 105 Kenya 0 tonnes
- 105 Kiribati 0 tonnes
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- 105 Laos 0 tonnes
- 105 Lebanon 0 tonnes
- 105 Lesotho 0 tonnes
- 105 Liberia 0 tonnes
- 105 Liechtenstein 0 tonnes
- 105 Macao 0 tonnes
- 105 Madagascar 0 tonnes
- 105 Malawi 0 tonnes
- 105 Maldives 0 tonnes
- 105 Mali 0 tonnes
- 105 Malta 0 tonnes
- 105 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes
- 105 Mauritius 0 tonnes
- 105 Micronesia (country) 0 tonnes
- 105 Moldova 0 tonnes compare
- 105 Mongolia 0 tonnes compare
- 105 Montenegro 0 tonnes compare
- 105 Montserrat 0 tonnes
- 105 Morocco 0 tonnes
- 105 Namibia 0 tonnes
- 105 Nauru 0 tonnes
- 105 Nepal 0 tonnes
- 105 New Caledonia 0 tonnes
- 105 Nicaragua 0 tonnes
- 105 Niue 0 tonnes
- 105 North Korea 0 tonnes
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- 105 Palau 0 tonnes
- 105 Palestine 0 tonnes
- 105 Panama 0 tonnes
- 105 Paraguay 0 tonnes
- 105 Rwanda 0 tonnes compare
- 105 Saint Helena 0 tonnes
- 105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes
- 105 Saint Lucia 0 tonnes
- 105 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes
- 105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 tonnes
- 105 Samoa 0 tonnes
- 105 Sao Tome and Principe 0 tonnes
- 105 Serbia 0 tonnes compare
- 105 Seychelles 0 tonnes
- 105 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes
- 105 Singapore 0 tonnes
- 105 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes
- 105 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes
- 105 Somalia 0 tonnes
- 105 South Sudan 0 tonnes
- 105 Sri Lanka 0 tonnes
- 105 Suriname 0 tonnes compare
- 105 Taiwan 0 tonnes
- 105 Tajikistan 0 tonnes compare
- 105 Togo 0 tonnes
- 105 Tonga 0 tonnes
- 105 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 tonnes
- 105 Tuvalu 0 tonnes
- 105 Uganda 0 tonnes
- 105 Uruguay 0 tonnes
- 105 Vanuatu 0 tonnes
- 105 Wallis and Futuna 0 tonnes
- 105 Zambia 0 tonnes
- 105 Zimbabwe 0 tonnes
More climate change data for Latvia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 43.09 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,340 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 263.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,077 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.9956 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 38.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 342.8 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 336.47 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.27 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual co₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia?
- Annual co₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia was 8 tonnes in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 124,209 tonnes in 1988.
- What is the lowest annual co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes in 1830.
- How does Latvia rank for annual co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Latvia ranks 104th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is annual co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes.