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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from flaring in the same year.