{
  "name": "Global Gas Flaring Volumes, Intensities, and Emissions by Country (2023)",
  "description": "Original compilation of national upstream gas flaring volumes, crude oil production, flaring intensities, and greenhouse gas emissions for the top flaring nations in 2023, compiled from World Bank GGFR 2024 Tracker data.",
  "page": "https://casrai.org/guides/gas-flaring",
  "publisher": "CASRAI",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "dateModified": "2026-11-14T00:58:11Z",
  "temporalCoverage": "2023",
  "spatialCoverage": "Global",
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "Country",
      "unit": "",
      "description": "Oil producing nation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Flared Volume",
      "unit": "bcm",
      "description": "Annual natural gas flared in billion cubic meters"
    },
    {
      "name": "Flaring Intensity",
      "unit": "m3/bbl",
      "description": "Gas flared per barrel of crude oil produced"
    },
    {
      "name": "Emissions",
      "unit": "Mt CO2e",
      "description": "Annual greenhouse gas emissions from flaring"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "Country": "Russian Federation",
      "Flared Volume": 27.5,
      "Flaring Intensity": 7.3,
      "Emissions": 70.8
    },
    {
      "Country": "Iran (Islamic Republic)",
      "Flared Volume": 20.4,
      "Flaring Intensity": 18.2,
      "Emissions": 52.4
    },
    {
      "Country": "Iraq",
      "Flared Volume": 17.8,
      "Flaring Intensity": 11.2,
      "Emissions": 45.8
    },
    {
      "Country": "United States",
      "Flared Volume": 11.6,
      "Flaring Intensity": 2.5,
      "Emissions": 29.8
    },
    {
      "Country": "Venezuela",
      "Flared Volume": 8.8,
      "Flaring Intensity": 28.5,
      "Emissions": 22.6
    },
    {
      "Country": "Algeria",
      "Flared Volume": 8.2,
      "Flaring Intensity": 16.4,
      "Emissions": 21.1
    },
    {
      "Country": "Libya",
      "Flared Volume": 6.2,
      "Flaring Intensity": 14.1,
      "Emissions": 15.9
    },
    {
      "Country": "Nigeria",
      "Flared Volume": 5.6,
      "Flaring Intensity": 10.8,
      "Emissions": 14.4
    },
    {
      "Country": "Mexico",
      "Flared Volume": 5.3,
      "Flaring Intensity": 8.4,
      "Emissions": 13.6
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "World Bank Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report 2024",
      "url": "https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/gasflaringreduction",
      "accessed": "2026-11-13"
    }
  ]
}