Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Egypt
Egypt: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring was 0.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Egypt, 1969–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.7% for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in 2024. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Egypt peaked at 0.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1969.
That places Egypt 29th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 0.1% | — |
| 1970 | 0.1% | +108.1% |
| 1971 | 0.2% | +30.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2% | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 0.2% | +11.0% |
| 1974 | 0.2% | +21.6% |
| 1975 | 0.3% | +15.5% |
| 1976 | 0.3% | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 0.3% | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 0.3% | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.3% | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 0.3% | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3% | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.3% | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.3% | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3% | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3% | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +0.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2%, 3.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +108.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 1971 | +30.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More climate change data for Egypt
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.83 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 23,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,147 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 16,413 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 26.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 586.18 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,891 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,869 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 8,022 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 44.79 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Egypt?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Egypt was 0.7% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1969.
- How does Egypt rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Egypt ranks 29th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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 cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.