Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring, per unit of GDP by country
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
120
Highest
0.0107 tonnes per US$ of GDP
Libya
Lowest
0 tonnes per US$ of GDP
South Korea
Median
0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
7,576
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 0.0107 tonnes per US$ of GDP in Libya; the lowest is 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP in South Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0008 tonnes per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 11,375.0%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 58.9%).
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 0.0107 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 2 | Venezuela | 0.0102 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Gabon | 0.0082 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 0.0062 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 148.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Congo | 0.0061 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Syria | 0.0054 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 104.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Brunei | 0.0053 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0042 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Iran | 0.0037 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0035 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Iraq | 0.0034 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Algeria | 0.0029 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 13 | Angola | 0.0027 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Kuwait | 0.0022 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 15 | East Timor | 0.0019 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Turkmenistan | 0.0019 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 46.9% | falling |
| 17 | Oman | 0.0018 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Yemen | 0.0018 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 129.1% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 0.0013 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Cameroon | 0.0011 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 21 | Qatar | 0.001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 0.001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Ukraine | 0.0009 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 24 | Bolivia | 0.0009 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0009 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Russia | 0.0008 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0008 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 0.0007 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 29 | Malaysia | 0.0004 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Tunisia | 0.0004 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Egypt | 0.0004 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Indonesia | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Chad | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Canada | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 38 | Mexico | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Argentina | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Sudan | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Chile | 0.0003 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Brazil | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Croatia | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 46 | Moldova | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Australia | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Norway | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 0.0002 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Iceland | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 53 | Poland | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 54 | Belarus | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 55 | New Zealand | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 57 | Mauritania | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Peru | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Romania | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 60 | Myanmar | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Vietnam | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 62 | United States | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Ghana | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 391.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Armenia | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Georgia | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Pakistan | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 67 | United Kingdom | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Mozambique | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,128.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Slovenia | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 71 | Estonia | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Niger | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Hungary | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Guyana | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | France | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 76 | Spain | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Bahrain | 0.0001 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 440.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 79 | India | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Denmark | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 81 | Italy | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 82 | Latvia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Sweden | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Netherlands | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Thailand | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 87 | Germany | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 88 | Slovakia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 89 | Barbados | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 90 | Serbia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 92 | South Africa | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 545.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Finland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 96 | Austria | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 97 | China | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Philippines | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Belize | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Cuba | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Albania | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 537.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Belgium | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 103 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Montenegro | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Turkey | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 106 | Japan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Senegal | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Greece | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 109 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 111 | Suriname | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Jordan | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 290.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 124.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Israel | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 11,375.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Ireland | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Tanzania | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Ethiopia | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 120 | South Korea | 0 tonnes per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Cumulative co2 flaring Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.