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Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Tanzania

Tanzania: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring was 9,039 tonnes in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
9,039 tonnes
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
118th
of 215 countries
All-time high
9,039 tonnes
in 2024
All-time low
0 tonnes
in 1994
Years of data
31
1994–2024

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Tanzania, 1994–2024

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k1994200920241994: 0 tonnes1995: 0 tonnes1996: 0 tonnes1997: 0 tonnes1998: 0 tonnes1999: 0 tonnes2000: 0 tonnes2001: 0 tonnes2002: 0 tonnes2003: 0 tonnes2004: 0 tonnes2005: 0 tonnes2006: 0 tonnes2007: 0 tonnes2008: 0 tonnes2009: 0 tonnes2010: 0 tonnes2011: 0 tonnes2012: 1.6k tonnes2013: 7.1k tonnes2014: 8.6k tonnes2015: 8.9k tonnes2016: 8.9k tonnes2017: 8.9k tonnes2018: 8.9k tonnes2019: 8.9k tonnes2020: 8.9k tonnes2021: 8.9k tonnes2022: 8.9k tonnes2023: 8.9k tonnes2024: 9.0k tonnes

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.

Analysis

Tanzania recorded 9,039 tonnes for cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Tanzania peaked at 9,039 tonnes in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes, in 1994.

That places Tanzania 118th 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.

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Tanzania, year by year

Year tonnes Change
1994 0 tonnes —
1995 0 tonnes —
1996 0 tonnes —
1997 0 tonnes —
1998 0 tonnes —
1999 0 tonnes —
2000 0 tonnes —
2001 0 tonnes —
2002 0 tonnes —
2003 0 tonnes —
2004 0 tonnes —
2005 0 tonnes —
2006 0 tonnes —
2007 0 tonnes —
2008 0 tonnes —
2009 0 tonnes —
2010 0 tonnes —
2011 0 tonnes —
2012 1,554 tonnes —
2013 7,076 tonnes +355.3%
2014 8,586 tonnes +21.3%
2015 8,851 tonnes +3.1%
2016 8,851 tonnes +0.0%
2017 8,851 tonnes +0.0%
2018 8,851 tonnes +0.0%
2019 8,851 tonnes +0.0%
2020 8,851 tonnes +0.0%
2021 8,851 tonnes +0.0%
2022 8,851 tonnes +0.0%
2023 8,851 tonnes +0.0%
2024 9,039 tonnes +2.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0 tonnes 0 tonnes 0 tonnes 6
2000s 0 tonnes 0 tonnes 0 tonnes 10
2010s 6,147 tonnes 0 tonnes 8,851 tonnes 10
2020s 8,889 tonnes 8,851 tonnes 9,039 tonnes 5

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  6. 121 Andorra 0 tonnes
  7. 121 Anguilla 0 tonnes
  8. 121 Antarctica 0 tonnes
  9. 121 Antigua and Barbuda 0 tonnes
  10. 121 Aruba 0 tonnes
  11. 121 Bahamas 0 tonnes
  12. 121 Benin 0 tonnes
  13. 121 Bermuda 0 tonnes
  14. 121 Bhutan 0 tonnes
  15. 121 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes
  16. 121 Botswana 0 tonnes
  17. 121 British Virgin Islands 0 tonnes
  18. 121 Burkina Faso 0 tonnes
  19. 121 Burundi 0 tonnes
  20. 121 Cape Verde 0 tonnes
  21. 121 Central African Republic 0 tonnes
  22. 121 Christmas Island 0 tonnes
  23. 121 Comoros 0 tonnes
  24. 121 Cook Islands 0 tonnes
  25. 121 Costa Rica 0 tonnes
  26. 121 Curacao 0 tonnes
  27. 121 Cyprus 0 tonnes
  28. 121 Djibouti 0 tonnes
  29. 121 Dominica 0 tonnes
  30. 121 Dominican Republic 0 tonnes
  31. 121 El Salvador 0 tonnes
  32. 121 Eritrea 0 tonnes
  33. 121 Eswatini 0 tonnes
  34. 121 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes
  35. 121 Fiji 0 tonnes
  36. 121 French Polynesia 0 tonnes
  37. 121 Gambia 0 tonnes
  38. 121 Greenland 0 tonnes
  39. 121 Grenada 0 tonnes
  40. 121 Guinea 0 tonnes
  41. 121 Guinea-Bissau 0 tonnes
  42. 121 Haiti 0 tonnes
  43. 121 Honduras 0 tonnes
  44. 121 Hong Kong 0 tonnes
  45. 121 Jamaica 0 tonnes
  46. 121 Kenya 0 tonnes
  47. 121 Kiribati 0 tonnes
  48. 121 Laos 0 tonnes
  49. 121 Lebanon 0 tonnes
  50. 121 Lesotho 0 tonnes
  51. 121 Liberia 0 tonnes
  52. 121 Liechtenstein 0 tonnes
  53. 121 Macao 0 tonnes
  54. 121 Madagascar 0 tonnes
  55. 121 Malawi 0 tonnes
  56. 121 Maldives 0 tonnes
  57. 121 Mali 0 tonnes
  58. 121 Malta 0 tonnes
  59. 121 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes
  60. 121 Mauritius 0 tonnes
  61. 121 Micronesia (country) 0 tonnes
  62. 121 Montserrat 0 tonnes
  63. 121 Morocco 0 tonnes
  64. 121 Namibia 0 tonnes
  65. 121 Nauru 0 tonnes
  66. 121 Nepal 0 tonnes
  67. 121 New Caledonia 0 tonnes
  68. 121 Nicaragua 0 tonnes
  69. 121 Niue 0 tonnes
  70. 121 North Korea 0 tonnes
  71. 121 Palau 0 tonnes
  72. 121 Palestine 0 tonnes
  73. 121 Panama 0 tonnes
  74. 121 Paraguay 0 tonnes
  75. 121 Saint Helena 0 tonnes
  76. 121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes
  77. 121 Saint Lucia 0 tonnes
  78. 121 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes
  79. 121 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 tonnes
  80. 121 Samoa 0 tonnes
  81. 121 Sao Tome and Principe 0 tonnes
  82. 121 Seychelles 0 tonnes
  83. 121 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes
  84. 121 Singapore 0 tonnes
  85. 121 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes
  86. 121 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes
  87. 121 Somalia 0 tonnes
  88. 121 South Sudan 0 tonnes
  89. 121 Sri Lanka 0 tonnes
  90. 121 Taiwan 0 tonnes
  91. 121 Togo 0 tonnes
  92. 121 Tonga 0 tonnes
  93. 121 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 tonnes
  94. 121 Tuvalu 0 tonnes
  95. 121 Uganda 0 tonnes
  96. 121 Uruguay 0 tonnes
  97. 121 Vanuatu 0 tonnes
  98. 121 Wallis and Futuna 0 tonnes
  99. 121 Zambia 0 tonnes
  100. 121 Zimbabwe 0 tonnes

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Frequently asked questions

What is cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Tanzania?
Cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Tanzania was 9,039 tonnes in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 9,039 tonnes in 2024.
What is the lowest cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes in 1994.
How does Tanzania rank for cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring?
Tanzania ranks 118th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Tanzania data come from?
The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cumulative 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
Last refreshed

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.