Nigeria vs Qatar: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

Nigeria

135.82 million tonnes

in 2024

Qatar

125.81 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria rank

36th

Qatar rank

38th

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

Nigeria currently reports 135.82 million tonnes against 125.81 million tonnes in Qatar, a difference of 10.01 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 36th and Qatar ranks 38th 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.