Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in Belgium
Belgium: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in Belgium, 1990–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in Belgium is 0.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in Belgium peaked at 0.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
Belgium ranks 78th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More climate change data for Belgium
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Population, total 11.94 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Urban population 10.47 million (2025)
- Urban population 87.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 7.28 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 12.91 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 7.28 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 7.28 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in Belgium?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in Belgium 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for share of global co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Belgium ranks 78th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.