Mexico vs Nigeria: Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring

Mexico

10.76 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

12.18 million tonnes

in 2024

Mexico rank

12th

Nigeria rank

10th

Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Nigeria currently reports 12.18 million tonnes against 10.76 million tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 1.42 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 12th 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.