Australia vs Nigeria: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Australia

16.26 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

12.18 million tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

7th

Nigeria rank

10th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Australia currently reports 16.26 million tonnes against 12.18 million tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 4.08 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 37 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Nigeria ahead.

Australia ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 10th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring
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, 12,483 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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