largest gas flaring country, having emitted 25.41 billion cubic meters in 2021, and the United States flaring 8.79 billion cubic meters.
Iran's gas flaring grew by 6.3 billion cubic meters between 2012 and 2021, the largest flaring increase of any country worldwide during that timeframe. By comparison, Nigeria reduced gas flaring by 3 billion cubic meters. Russia is the Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2012 and 2021, by country (in billion cubic meters)
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World Bank. (May 3, 2022). Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2012 and 2021, by country (in billion cubic meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/
World Bank. "Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2012 and 2021, by country (in billion cubic meters) ." Chart. May 3, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/
World Bank. (2022). Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2012 and 2021, by country (in billion cubic meters) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/
World Bank. "Change in Gas Flaring Volume Worldwide between 2012 and 2021, by Country (in Billion Cubic Meters) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/
World Bank, Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2012 and 2021, by country (in billion cubic meters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/ (last visited March 25, 2023)
Change in gas flaring volume worldwide between 2012 and 2021, by country (in billion cubic meters) [Graph], World Bank, May 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077444/global-gas-flaring-volume-change-by-country/