Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring was 0.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Equatorial Guinea, 1994–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Equatorial Guinea is 0.2%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1994.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 46th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.0% | — |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +99.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | +49.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +43.4% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | +35.4% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | +26.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | +20.5% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +18.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | -1.2% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 42.7× the median. (58 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +99.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More climate change data for Equatorial Guinea
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 300,667 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 25.27 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10.65 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 14.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.0402 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.5221 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0063 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Equatorial Guinea?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Equatorial Guinea was 0.2% 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1994.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 46th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.