Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia
Latvia: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring was 0 tonnes per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 tonnes per person
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
103rd
of 213 countries
All-time high
0.0478 tonnes per person
in 1978
All-time low
0 tonnes per person
in 1830
Years of data
173
1830–2024
Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia, 1830–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 0 tonnes per person for per capita co₂ emissions from flaring in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia peaked at 0.0478 tonnes per person in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 1830.
That places Latvia 103rd out of 213 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.
Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1830 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1831 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1832 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1833 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1850 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1855 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1858 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1859 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1860 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1861 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1862 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
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| 1864 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
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| 1870 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
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| 1875 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1876 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
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| 1880 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
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| 1884 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
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| 1890 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
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| 1966 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1967 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1968 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1969 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1970 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0306 tonnes per person | — |
| 1972 | 0.0285 tonnes per person | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0329 tonnes per person | +15.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0351 tonnes per person | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0385 tonnes per person | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0428 tonnes per person | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0458 tonnes per person | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0478 tonnes per person | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0259 tonnes per person | -45.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0261 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0253 tonnes per person | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0252 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0249 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0247 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0273 tonnes per person | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0237 tonnes per person | -13.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0215 tonnes per person | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0468 tonnes per person | +117.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0455 tonnes per person | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 0 tonnes per person | -100.0% |
| 1991 | 0 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 0 tonnes per person | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 0 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 0 tonnes per person | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 0 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0 tonnes per person | -10.2% |
| 1998 | 0 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0 tonnes per person | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 0 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0 tonnes per person | -13.4% |
| 2004 | 0 tonnes per person | -15.8% |
| 2005 | 0 tonnes per person | +21.3% |
| 2006 | 0 tonnes per person | -32.7% |
| 2007 | 0 tonnes per person | +26.0% |
| 2008 | 0 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0 tonnes per person | -18.7% |
| 2010 | 0 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0 tonnes per person | +27.3% |
| 2012 | 0 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0 tonnes per person | +61.7% |
| 2014 | 0 tonnes per person | +76.7% |
| 2015 | 0 tonnes per person | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 0 tonnes per person | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 0 tonnes per person | +34.5% |
| 2018 | 0 tonnes per person | -43.3% |
| 2019 | 0 tonnes per person | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 0 tonnes per person | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 0 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0 tonnes per person | -18.0% |
| 2023 | 0 tonnes per person | -11.2% |
| 2024 | 0 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0031 tonnes per person, 0% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0072 tonnes per person, 0% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +117.7% | 0.0215 tonnes per person | 0.0468 tonnes per person |
| 1990 | -100.0% | 0.0455 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 4 |
| 1850s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 4 |
| 1860s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1870s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1880s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1890s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0328 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0478 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0291 tonnes per person | 0.0215 tonnes per person | 0.0468 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 100 Ireland 0 tonnes per person compare
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- 102 Estonia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 104 Tanzania 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Afghanistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Andorra 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Anguilla 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Antigua and Barbuda 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Armenia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Aruba 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bahamas 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Barbados 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Benin 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bermuda 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bhutan 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Botswana 0 tonnes per person
- 105 British Virgin Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Burkina Faso 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Burundi 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Cambodia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Central African Republic 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Comoros 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Cook Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Costa Rica 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Curacao 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Cyprus 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Djibouti 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Dominica 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Dominican Republic 0 tonnes per person
- 105 El Salvador 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Eritrea 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Eswatini 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Ethiopia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Fiji 0 tonnes per person
- 105 French Polynesia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Gambia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Georgia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Greenland 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Grenada 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Guinea 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Guinea-Bissau 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Haiti 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Honduras 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Hong Kong 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Jamaica 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Kenya 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Kiribati 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Kyrgyzstan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Laos 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Lebanon 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Lesotho 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Liberia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Liechtenstein 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Macao 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Madagascar 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Malawi 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Maldives 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Mali 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Malta 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Mauritius 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Micronesia (country) 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Moldova 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Mongolia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Montenegro 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Montserrat 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Morocco 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Namibia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Nauru 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Nepal 0 tonnes per person
- 105 New Caledonia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Nicaragua 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Niue 0 tonnes per person
- 105 North Korea 0 tonnes per person
- 105 North Macedonia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Palau 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Palestine 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Panama 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Paraguay 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Rwanda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Saint Helena 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Saint Lucia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Samoa 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Sao Tome and Principe 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Serbia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Seychelles 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Singapore 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Somalia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 South Sudan 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Sri Lanka 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Suriname 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Taiwan 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Tajikistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 105 Togo 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Tonga 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Tuvalu 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Uganda 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Uruguay 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Wallis and Futuna 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Zambia 0 tonnes per person
- 105 Zimbabwe 0 tonnes per person
More climate change data for Latvia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 43.09 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,340 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 263.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,077 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.9956 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 38.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 342.8 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 336.47 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.27 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from flaring in Latvia was 0 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0478 tonnes per person in 1978.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 1830.
- How does Latvia rank for per capita co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Latvia ranks 103rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.