Myanmar vs Nigeria: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Myanmar

0.5799 tonnes per person

in 2024

Nigeria

0.5837 tonnes per person

in 2024

Myanmar rank

177th

Nigeria rank

176th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Myanmar
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.5837 tonnes per person against 0.5799 tonnes per person in Myanmar, a difference of 0.0039 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was Myanmar ahead.

Myanmar ranks 177th and Nigeria ranks 176th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.