Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring by country
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.
Countries reporting
209
Highest
1.6 tonnes per person
Libya
Lowest
0 tonnes per person
Wallis and Futuna
Median
0 tonnes per person
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
12,147
What the numbers show
Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 1.6 tonnes per person in Libya; the lowest is 0 tonnes per person in Wallis and Futuna.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.0639 tonnes per person.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 42,134.7%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 1.6 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Gabon | 0.8937 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Iraq | 0.7424 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Oman | 0.7242 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Australia | 0.6086 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Congo | 0.5747 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Qatar | 0.5723 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela | 0.5502 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 0.4812 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran | 0.4684 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Russia | 0.4651 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Iceland | 0.4377 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 0.4308 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Brunei | 0.4113 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 0.3373 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Algeria | 0.3165 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Norway | 0.2678 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Kuwait | 0.2309 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Guyana | 0.2109 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2085 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 21 | New Zealand | 0.1865 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 22 | United States | 0.1775 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 0.1706 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1379 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1361 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1183 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 0.1025 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Angola | 0.1023 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Portugal | 0.0982 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Poland | 0.0927 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 31 | Syria | 0.0869 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 0.0826 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Mexico | 0.0822 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Malaysia | 0.081 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Croatia | 0.0785 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahrain | 0.0763 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Spain | 0.0737 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 38 | Lithuania | 0.0692 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Netherlands | 0.0561 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Argentina | 0.0555 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Ukraine | 0.0549 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Nigeria | 0.0524 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 0.0495 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovenia | 0.0467 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Romania | 0.0419 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 46 | Cameroon | 0.0377 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 0.036 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Italy | 0.0293 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 49 | Egypt | 0.0262 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Tunisia | 0.0261 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 51 | France | 0.0249 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 52 | East Timor | 0.0242 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 0.0228 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Ghana | 0.0222 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 181.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Germany | 0.0195 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 56 | Denmark | 0.0186 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Yemen | 0.0173 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 58 | Chad | 0.0172 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Finland | 0.0152 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 60 | Hungary | 0.015 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.0148 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Belize | 0.0128 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Indonesia | 0.0113 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Vietnam | 0.0112 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 0.011 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Bolivia | 0.0098 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Cuba | 0.0083 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Austria | 0.0081 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 69 | Belgium | 0.0063 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 70 | Israel | 0.0063 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 42,134.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 0.0062 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Senegal | 0.0061 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Thailand | 0.0055 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 0.0047 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | 0.0042 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 411.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Czechia | 0.0034 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 77 | China | 0.0028 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 78 | Japan | 0.0027 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Turkey | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 80 | Niger | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0021 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 82 | India | 0.0019 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Pakistan | 0.0019 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Switzerland | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 87 | Sweden | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Mauritania | 0.001 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Philippines | 0.001 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Sudan | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Myanmar | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Greece | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Chile | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Albania | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Jordan | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 98 | South Korea | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 99 | South Africa | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Latvia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Tanzania | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Aruba | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Andorra | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Armenia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Burundi | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Benin | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Bahamas | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Bermuda | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Barbados | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 105 | Bhutan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Botswana | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Central African Republic | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Comoros | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Curacao | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Cyprus | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Djibouti | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Dominica | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Eritrea | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Fiji | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Faroe Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Micronesia (country) | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Georgia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Guinea | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Gambia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Grenada | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Greenland | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Hong Kong | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Honduras | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Haiti | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Jamaica | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Kenya | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Laos | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Lebanon | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Liberia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Lesotho | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Macao | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Morocco | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Moldova | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Madagascar | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Maldives | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mali | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritius | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Malawi | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Namibia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | New Caledonia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Nepal | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Nauru | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Panama | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Palau | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | North Korea | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Paraguay | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Palestine | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Singapore | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Solomon Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Somalia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Serbia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | South Sudan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Suriname | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Eswatini | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Seychelles | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Togo | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Tonga | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Tuvalu | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Uganda | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Uruguay | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | British Virgin Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Samoa | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Zambia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Zimbabwe | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Taiwan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Anguilla | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Cook Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Montserrat | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Niue | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Helena | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 105 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.