Kuwait vs Nigeria: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

Kuwait

129.52 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

135.82 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

37th

Nigeria rank

36th

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

Nigeria currently reports 135.82 million tonnes against 129.52 million tonnes in Kuwait, a difference of 6.30 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 37th and Nigeria ranks 36th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
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: 216 places, 23,583 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.