Per capita co2 flaring by country
Countries reporting
120
Highest
1.6
Libya
Lowest
0
Tajikistan
Median
0.0149
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
12,147
What the numbers show
Per capita co2 flaring is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 1.6 in Libya; the lowest is 0 in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0149, and the mean is 0.1113.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 42,134.7%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Per capita co2 flaring: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 1.6 | 2024 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Gabon | 0.8937 | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Iraq | 0.7424 | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Oman | 0.7242 | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Australia | 0.6086 | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Congo | 0.5747 | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Qatar | 0.5723 | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela | 0.5502 | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 0.4812 | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran | 0.4684 | 2024 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Russia | 0.4651 | 2024 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Iceland | 0.4377 | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 0.4308 | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Brunei | 0.4113 | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 0.3373 | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Algeria | 0.3165 | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Norway | 0.2678 | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Kuwait | 0.2309 | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Guyana | 0.2109 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2085 | 2024 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 21 | New Zealand | 0.1865 | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 22 | United States | 0.1775 | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 0.1706 | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1379 | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1361 | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1183 | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 0.1025 | 2024 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Angola | 0.1023 | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Portugal | 0.0982 | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Poland | 0.0927 | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 31 | Syria | 0.0869 | 2024 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 0.0826 | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Mexico | 0.0822 | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Malaysia | 0.081 | 2024 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Croatia | 0.0785 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahrain | 0.0763 | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Spain | 0.0737 | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 38 | Lithuania | 0.0692 | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Netherlands | 0.0561 | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Argentina | 0.0555 | 2024 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Ukraine | 0.0549 | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Nigeria | 0.0524 | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 0.0495 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovenia | 0.0467 | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Romania | 0.0419 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 46 | Cameroon | 0.0377 | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 0.036 | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Italy | 0.0293 | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 49 | Egypt | 0.0262 | 2024 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Tunisia | 0.0261 | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 51 | France | 0.0249 | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 52 | East Timor | 0.0242 | 2024 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 0.0228 | 2024 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Ghana | 0.0222 | 2024 | up 181.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Germany | 0.0195 | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 56 | Denmark | 0.0186 | 2024 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Yemen | 0.0173 | 2024 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 58 | Chad | 0.0172 | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Finland | 0.0152 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 60 | Hungary | 0.015 | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.0148 | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Belize | 0.0128 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Indonesia | 0.0113 | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Vietnam | 0.0112 | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 0.011 | 2024 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Bolivia | 0.0098 | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Cuba | 0.0083 | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Austria | 0.0081 | 2024 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 69 | Belgium | 0.0063 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 70 | Israel | 0.0063 | 2024 | up 42,134.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 0.0062 | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Senegal | 0.0061 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Thailand | 0.0055 | 2024 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 0.0047 | 2024 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | 0.0042 | 2024 | up 411.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Czechia | 0.0034 | 2024 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 77 | China | 0.0028 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 78 | Japan | 0.0027 | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Turkey | 0.0024 | 2024 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 80 | Niger | 0.0024 | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0021 | 2024 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 82 | India | 0.0019 | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Pakistan | 0.0019 | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0016 | 2024 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0016 | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Switzerland | 0.0016 | 2024 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 87 | Sweden | 0.0012 | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Mauritania | 0.001 | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Philippines | 0.001 | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.0007 | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Sudan | 0.0004 | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Myanmar | 0.0003 | 2024 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Greece | 0.0003 | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Chile | 0.0003 | 2024 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Albania | 0.0002 | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Jordan | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 98 | South Korea | 0.0001 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 99 | South Africa | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Ireland | 0 | 2024 | up 414.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2024 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 102 | Estonia | 0 | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Latvia | 0 | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Tanzania | 0 | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Armenia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Barbados | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Moldova | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Serbia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Suriname | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |