Nigeria vs Spain: Annual CO₂ emissions from cement

Nigeria

10.92 million tonnes

in 2024

Spain

7.84 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria rank

20th

Spain rank

23rd

Annual CO₂ emissions from cement over time

Nigeria currently reports 10.92 million tonnes against 7.84 million tonnes in Spain, a difference of 3.09 million tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times Spain's.

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

Nigeria ranks 20th and Spain ranks 23rd 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.