Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in France
France: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring was 0.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in France, 1971–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
France recorded 0.4% for share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 47 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in France peaked at 1.8% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2024.
France ranks 34th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in France, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.8% | — |
| 1972 | 1.6% | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 1.3% | -17.9% |
| 1974 | 1.3% | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 1.4% | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 1.2% | -11.5% |
| 1977 | 1.3% | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 1.3% | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 1.0% | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | -14.1% |
| 1981 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 0.4% | -49.8% |
| 1990 | 1.7% | +320.7% |
| 1991 | 1.6% | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 1.8% | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 1.8% | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 1.4% | -21.1% |
| 1995 | 1.3% | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 1.3% | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 1.3% | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 1.3% | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -19.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -20.5% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -1.7% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 0.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 34.6× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- France's 0.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0%, 21.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +320.7% | 0.4% | 1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3 |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
More climate change data for France
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.23 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 55,837 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,820 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 44,017 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 44.6 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,572 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 16,983 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 16,451 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 532.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 62.08 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in France?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from flaring in France was 0.4% 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 1992.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2024.
- How does France rank for share of global co₂ emissions from flaring?
- France ranks 34th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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.