Egypt vs Nigeria: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Egypt
8.14 million tonnes
in 2024
Nigeria
6.45 million tonnes
in 2024
Egypt rank
12th
Nigeria rank
13th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Egypt
  • Nigeria
-20.0M020.0M40.0M191219682024

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 8.14 million tonnes against 6.45 million tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 1.69 million tonnes.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 46 times across 109 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 12th and Nigeria ranks 13th of 215 countries.

Across the 12 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 8 and Nigeria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Nigeria Difference Ahead
1910s 149,308 tonnes 87,936 tonnes 61,372 tonnes Egypt
1920s 23,378 tonnes 56,059 tonnes 32,681 tonnes Nigeria
1930s 130,359 tonnes -10,992 tonnes 141,351 tonnes Egypt
1940s 523,378 tonnes 66,318 tonnes 457,059 tonnes Egypt
1950s 524,689 tonnes 208,065 tonnes 316,624 tonnes Egypt
1960s 695,790 tonnes 853,534 tonnes 157,744 tonnes Nigeria
1970s 2.30 million tonnes 5.80 million tonnes 3.50 million tonnes Nigeria
1980s 2.73 million tonnes -2.81 million tonnes 5.54 million tonnes Egypt
1990s 5.70 million tonnes 4.28 million tonnes 1.43 million tonnes Egypt
2000s 7.83 million tonnes -780,633 tonnes 8.61 million tonnes Egypt
2010s 2.88 million tonnes 5.08 million tonnes 2.20 million tonnes Nigeria
2020s 4.86 million tonnes 1.59 million tonnes 3.27 million tonnes Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Egypt or Nigeria?
Egypt, at 8.14 million tonnes against 6.45 million tonnes in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Egypt and Nigeria?
1.69 million tonnes, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Nigeria?
109 years are reported by both, from 1916 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Nigeria rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
Egypt ranks 12th and Nigeria ranks 13th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.