Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring by country

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from flaring in the same year.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
16.2%
Russia
Lowest
0.0%
Christmas Island
Median
0.0%
Years covered
75
1950–2024
Data points
9,653

What the numbers show

Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 16.2% in Russia; the lowest is 0.0% in Christmas Island.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.5%.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 46,245.9%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).

Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 16.2% 2024 up 55.5% volatile
2 United States 14.8% 2024 down 3.6% volatile
3 Iran 10.3% 2024 up 73.8% falling
4 Iraq 8.2% 2024 up 19.0% rising
5 Brazil 4.2% 2024 down 8.4% volatile
6 Canada 4.1% 2024 down 4.3% rising
7 Australia 3.9% 2024 up 63.0% volatile
8 Venezuela 3.8% 2024 down 22.9% volatile
9 Algeria 3.6% 2024 down 16.3% falling
10 Nigeria 2.9% 2024 down 28.9% volatile
11 Libya 2.8% 2024 up 99.7% volatile
12 Mexico 2.6% 2024 up 8.8% volatile
13 Kazakhstan 2.4% 2024 down 38.6% volatile
14 Saudi Arabia 1.1% 2024 up 16.8% volatile
15 China 1.0% 2024 down 5.7% rising
16 Angola 0.9% 2024 down 45.5% volatile
17 Oman 0.9% 2024 down 27.6% rising
18 Congo 0.9% 2024 up 41.9% volatile
19 Poland 0.9% 2024 down 29.9% rising
20 Spain 0.8% 2024 down 19.7% rising
21 United Kingdom 0.8% 2024 down 28.8% volatile
22 Indonesia 0.8% 2024 down 48.7% volatile
23 Ecuador 0.7% 2024 up 51.4% rising
24 Egypt 0.7% 2024 down 46.0% volatile
25 Malaysia 0.7% 2024 down 58.7% volatile
26 India 0.7% 2024 down 27.0% volatile
27 Argentina 0.6% 2024 up 68.7% volatile
28 Turkmenistan 0.6% 2024 down 37.6% volatile
29 Gabon 0.5% 2024 down 24.6% volatile
30 Syria 0.5% 2024 up 170.4% volatile
31 Ukraine 0.5% 2024 down 23.1% volatile
32 Qatar 0.4% 2024 down 19.1% volatile
33 Italy 0.4% 2024 down 35.8% falling
34 France 0.4% 2024 down 48.4% falling
35 Germany 0.4% 2024 down 38.5% falling
36 United Arab Emirates 0.4% 2024 down 19.5% volatile
37 Norway 0.4% 2024 down 0.7% volatile
38 Kuwait 0.3% 2024 down 60.2% volatile
39 Vietnam 0.3% 2024 down 45.3% volatile
40 Cameroon 0.3% 2024 down 39.9% falling
41 Portugal 0.2% 2024 down 7.0% rising
42 Netherlands 0.2% 2024 down 13.5% volatile
43 New Zealand 0.2% 2024 down 26.3% volatile
44 Uzbekistan 0.2% 2024 down 68.7% volatile
45 Romania 0.2% 2024 down 10.9% falling
46 Ghana 0.2% 2024 up 219.3% volatile
47 Yemen 0.2% 2024 down 71.3% flat
48 Bulgaria 0.2% 2024 up 66.6% volatile
49 Colombia 0.1% 2024 down 67.1% volatile
50 Pakistan 0.1% 2024 down 50.0% volatile
51 Thailand 0.1% 2024 down 50.8% rising
52 Equatorial Guinea 0.1% 2024 down 70.6% volatile
53 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2024 down 41.1% volatile
54 Chad 0.1% 2024 up 5.5% volatile
55 Japan 0.1% 2024 down 34.1% volatile
56 Tunisia 0.1% 2024 down 73.8% volatile
57 Croatia 0.1% 2024 down 36.4% volatile
58 Turkey 0.1% 2024 up 35.8% falling
59 Peru 0.1% 2024 down 46.6% volatile
60 Lithuania 0.0% 2024 down 27.3% volatile
61 Brunei 0.0% 2024 down 52.6% volatile
62 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 down 67.5% volatile
63 Guyana 0.0% 2024 volatile
64 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2024 down 61.4% falling
65 Iceland 0.0% 2024 down 13.1% rising
66 Mozambique 0.0% 2024 up 533.8% volatile
67 Hungary 0.0% 2024 up 4.2% volatile
68 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 up 37.9% volatile
69 Bolivia 0.0% 2024 up 19.2% volatile
70 Senegal 0.0% 2024 volatile
71 Denmark 0.0% 2024 down 59.0% volatile
72 Philippines 0.0% 2024 down 66.1% volatile
73 Slovenia 0.0% 2024 down 17.5% volatile
74 Cuba 0.0% 2024 down 49.3% volatile
75 Guatemala 0.0% 2024 up 90.8% volatile
76 Finland 0.0% 2024 down 5.6% falling
77 Slovakia 0.0% 2024 up 1.8% volatile
78 Belgium 0.0% 2024 down 9.6% falling
79 Austria 0.0% 2024 down 59.6% falling
80 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% 2024 down 62.8% volatile
81 Niger 0.0% 2024 down 65.0% volatile
82 Israel 0.0% 2024 up 46,245.9% volatile
83 Czechia 0.0% 2024 down 83.7% volatile
84 East Timor 0.0% 2024 down 83.3% volatile
85 Bangladesh 0.0% 2024 down 31.0% volatile
86 Sudan 0.0% 2024 down 97.7% volatile
87 Myanmar 0.0% 2024 down 86.9% volatile
88 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 down 97.1% volatile
89 Switzerland 0.0% 2024 down 61.0% falling
90 Sweden 0.0% 2024 down 98.5% volatile
91 Belarus 0.0% 2024 down 5.1% volatile
92 South Korea 0.0% 2024 volatile
93 Chile 0.0% 2024 down 91.4% volatile
94 Belize 0.0% 2024 volatile
95 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 down 92.8% volatile
96 South Africa 0.0% 2024 down 91.2% volatile
97 Greece 0.0% 2024 down 24.0% volatile
98 Jordan 0.0% 2024 down 62.2% volatile
99 Albania 0.0% 2024 down 94.8% volatile
101 Tanzania 0.0% 2024 down 88.5% volatile
103 Estonia 0.0% 2024 down 43.0% volatile
104 Latvia 0.0% 2024 down 47.2% volatile
105 Aruba 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Afghanistan 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Andorra 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Armenia 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Burundi 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Benin 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Barbados 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% falling
105 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Botswana 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Central African Republic 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Comoros 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Costa Rica 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Curacao 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Cyprus 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Dominica 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Ethiopia 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Fiji 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Georgia 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Gambia 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Grenada 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Greenland 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Hong Kong 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Honduras 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Haiti 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Kenya 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Cambodia 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Laos 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Lebanon 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Liberia 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Lesotho 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Macao 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Morocco 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Moldova 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Maldives 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
105 North Macedonia 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Mali 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Montenegro 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Mongolia 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Malawi 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Namibia 0.0% 2024 flat
105 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Nepal 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Nauru 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Panama 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Palau 0.0% 2024 flat
105 North Korea 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Paraguay 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Palestine 0.0% 2024 flat
105 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Singapore 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 flat
105 El Salvador 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Somalia 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Serbia 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
105 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Suriname 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Togo 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Tajikistan 0.0% 2024 volatile
105 Tonga 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Tuvalu 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Uganda 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Uruguay 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 flat
105 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Vanuatu 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Zambia 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Taiwan 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Anguilla 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Niue 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Saint Helena 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Wallis and Futuna 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Antarctica 0.0% 2024 flat
105 Christmas Island 0.0% 2024 flat

About this data

Indicator
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
Unit
%
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, 9,653 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from flaring in the same year.