Myanmar vs Nigeria: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Myanmar

3.26 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

3.05 million tonnes

in 2024

Myanmar rank

69th

Nigeria rank

72nd

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Myanmar currently reports 3.26 million tonnes against 3.05 million tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 215,020 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 17 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was Nigeria ahead.

Myanmar ranks 69th and Nigeria ranks 72nd of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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