Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring by country
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.
Countries reporting
120
Highest
1.6 tonnes per person
Libya
Lowest
0 tonnes per person
Tajikistan
Median
0.0149 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 120 countries. The highest value is 1.6 tonnes per person in Libya; the lowest is 0 tonnes per person in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0149 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.1113 tonnes per person.
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 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 |
| 100 | Ireland | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 414.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 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 | Afghanistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Armenia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Barbados | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Moldova | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Serbia | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Suriname | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.