Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring by country
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from flaring.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
12.2%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Christmas Island
Median
0.0%
Years covered
75
1950–2024
Data points
9,653
What the numbers show
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 12.2% in United States; 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 57 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 15,761.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 19.9%).
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 12.2% | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran | 8.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 3 | Russia | 8.6% | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 7.8% | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 5 | Venezuela | 6.1% | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Iraq | 4.7% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 8 | Algeria | 3.9% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 3.3% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 10 | Libya | 2.6% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 11 | Brazil | 2.5% | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 2.5% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 2.2% | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 2.1% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 1.9% | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Kuwait | 1.8% | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 1.7% | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 1.5% | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Angola | 1.4% | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Qatar | 1.1% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 21 | Oman | 1.0% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 22 | Malaysia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 23 | India | 0.9% | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 24 | France | 0.9% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 0.9% | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 0.9% | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 27 | Gabon | 0.9% | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 28 | China | 0.8% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 29 | Egypt | 0.7% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 30 | Syria | 0.7% | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Poland | 0.6% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 0.6% | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5% | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 0.5% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 0.5% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 36 | Spain | 0.5% | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Congo | 0.5% | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Ecuador | 0.4% | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Chile | 0.4% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Brunei | 0.4% | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 42 | Norway | 0.4% | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Colombia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 44 | Cameroon | 0.3% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 45 | Bolivia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2% | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 47 | Yemen | 0.2% | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Vietnam | 0.2% | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Romania | 0.2% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 50 | Netherlands | 0.2% | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 51 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Pakistan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 0.1% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 54 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 56 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Japan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 64 | Sudan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2024 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 500.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 73 | Chad | 0.0% | 2024 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Austria | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 77 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 80 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 81 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 83 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2024 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 84 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Finland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 86 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2024 | up 487.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,145.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 96 | Niger | 0.0% | 2024 | up 112.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2024 | up 912.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2024 | up 132.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Greece | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2024 | up 367.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 938.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15,761.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 111 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 352.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 113 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Laos | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Macao | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Morocco | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Mali | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Palau | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | North Korea | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Taiwan | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Niue | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Saint Helena | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Antarctica | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 121 | Christmas Island | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from flaring.