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.
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
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 2.0% (2100)
- Population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Population, total 118.37 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.8% (2025)
- Urban population 50.78 million (2025)
- Urban population 42.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 2.22 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 7.47 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 2.22 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 2.22 tonnes per person (2024)
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.