Germany vs Nigeria: Annual CO₂ emissions from cement

Germany

10.28 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

10.92 million tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

21st

Nigeria rank

20th

Annual CO₂ emissions from cement over time

Nigeria currently reports 10.92 million tonnes against 10.28 million tonnes in Germany, a difference of 641,600 tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 21st and Nigeria ranks 20th of 211 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from cement
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: 211 places, 24,035 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement, measured in tonnes.