Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring, gaps filled by country
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring with 73 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
120
Highest
2.47 billion tonnes
United States
Lowest
1,631 tonnes
Luxembourg
Median
16.72 million tonnes
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
12,556
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring, gaps filled is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 2.47 billion tonnes in United States; the lowest is 1,631 tonnes in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.72 million tonnes, and the mean is 167.84 million tonnes.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring, gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 2.47 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran | 1.74 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Russia | 1.74 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1.57 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Venezuela | 1.23 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 1.07 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Iraq | 946.27 million tonnes | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Algeria | 781.89 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 666.77 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Libya | 520.63 million tonnes | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 507.68 million tonnes | 2024 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 498.77 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 433.45 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 429.70 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 375.06 million tonnes | 2024 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Kuwait | 354.19 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 345.17 million tonnes | 2024 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 300.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Angola | 279.33 million tonnes | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Qatar | 215.79 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 21 | Oman | 194.95 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Malaysia | 181.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 23 | India | 178.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 177.11 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Ukraine | 177.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 173.57 million tonnes | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Gabon | 172.07 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 28 | China | 166.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Egypt | 140.21 million tonnes | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Syria | 133.21 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Poland | 126.21 million tonnes | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 117.06 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 107.42 million tonnes | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 100.90 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 98.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Spain | 96.27 million tonnes | 2024 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Congo | 95.52 million tonnes | 2024 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Ecuador | 88.28 million tonnes | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Chile | 82.89 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 82.65 million tonnes | 2024 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Brunei | 81.09 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 42 | Norway | 77.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Colombia | 72.22 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Cameroon | 57.66 million tonnes | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Bolivia | 49.36 million tonnes | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 46.50 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Yemen | 46.06 million tonnes | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Vietnam | 41.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Romania | 34.32 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Netherlands | 33.31 million tonnes | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 51 | New Zealand | 32.29 million tonnes | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Pakistan | 30.23 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 27.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 54 | Portugal | 22.00 million tonnes | 2024 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 20.89 million tonnes | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 56 | Croatia | 19.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Tunisia | 19.21 million tonnes | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Denmark | 19.07 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Japan | 17.19 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Sweden | 17.12 million tonnes | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 16.32 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Thailand | 14.48 million tonnes | 2024 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Hungary | 13.28 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 64 | Sudan | 13.21 million tonnes | 2024 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Lithuania | 13.12 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 12.06 million tonnes | 2024 | up 150.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Belarus | 10.16 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Czechia | 8.99 million tonnes | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Ghana | 6.92 million tonnes | 2024 | up 649.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Myanmar | 6.54 million tonnes | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | 6.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Turkey | 6.24 million tonnes | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 73 | Chad | 6.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 183.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 5.96 million tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.56 million tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Austria | 4.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Slovenia | 4.89 million tonnes | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Iceland | 4.76 million tonnes | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 80 | South Africa | 4.21 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 81 | Moldova | 3.60 million tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Belgium | 3.59 million tonnes | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Philippines | 3.53 million tonnes | 2024 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 84 | East Timor | 3.50 million tonnes | 2024 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Finland | 2.92 million tonnes | 2024 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Estonia | 2.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Georgia | 2.80 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovakia | 2.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Bahrain | 2.50 million tonnes | 2024 | up 633.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 2.16 million tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 2.09 million tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 92 | Mozambique | 1.58 million tonnes | 2024 | up 1,454.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Latvia | 1.56 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Guyana | 1.47 million tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Switzerland | 1.28 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Niger | 1.20 million tonnes | 2024 | up 165.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Guatemala | 1.12 million tonnes | 2024 | up 1,163.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Serbia | 1.06 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Cuba | 1.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 189.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Mauritania | 1.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Greece | 424,035 tonnes | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 374,435 tonnes | 2024 | up 483.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 330,379 tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 162,426 tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 152,939 tonnes | 2024 | up 1,196.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 128,858 tonnes | 2024 | up 19,693.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Senegal | 125,094 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Mongolia | 113,694 tonnes | 2024 | up 115.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Barbados | 109,896 tonnes | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Ireland | 103,754 tonnes | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Jordan | 54,457 tonnes | 2024 | up 464.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Montenegro | 39,060 tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | South Korea | 24,642 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 23,701 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Belize | 22,358 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Rwanda | 21,984 tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 10,668 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Tanzania | 9,039 tonnes | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Suriname | 4,164 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 1,631 tonnes | 2024 | up 30.2% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring with 73 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Cumulative co2 flaring Our World in Data
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
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring with 73 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.