Niger vs Uganda: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Niger

0.1173 tonnes per person

in 2024

Uganda

0.1266 tonnes per person

in 2024

Niger rank

208th

Uganda rank

207th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Niger
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.1266 tonnes per person against 0.1173 tonnes per person in Niger, a difference of 0.0094 tonnes per person.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.

Niger ranks 208th and Uganda ranks 207th 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.