Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in Austria
Austria: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in Austria, 1990–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in Austria stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 59.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in Austria peaked at 0.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
That places Austria 79th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1% | +22.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -15.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | -47.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +68.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +23.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | +22.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +14.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +28.2% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -23.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -1.1% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 0.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 1.5× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Austria's 0.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0%, 95% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in Austria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +68.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More climate change data for Austria
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 100.61 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,277 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,277 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 5,000 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4.82 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 178.59 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 868.87 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 847.05 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 21.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.2 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in Austria?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in Austria was 0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Austria rank for share of global co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Austria ranks 79th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.