largest gas flaring country, having emitted 25.41 billion cubic meters in 2021, and the United States flaring 8.79 billion cubic meters.
Algeria's gas flaring grew by 0.5 billion cubic meters between 2021 and 2022, the largest flaring increase of any country worldwide during that timeframe. By comparison, Nigeria reduced gas flaring by 1.3 billion cubic meters. Russia is the Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2021 and 2022, by country (in billion cubic meters)
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World Bank. (April 3, 2023). Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2021 and 2022, by country (in billion cubic meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/
World Bank. "Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2021 and 2022, by country (in billion cubic meters) ." Chart. April 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/
World Bank. (2023). Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2021 and 2022, by country (in billion cubic meters) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/
World Bank. "Change in Gas Flaring Volume Worldwide between 2021 and 2022, by Country (in Billion Cubic Meters) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/
World Bank, Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2021 and 2022, by country (in billion cubic meters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2021 and 2022, by country (in billion cubic meters) [Graph], World Bank, April 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/