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Ireland vs Nigeria: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Ireland
0.1189 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Nigeria
0.1159 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Ireland rank
136th
Nigeria rank
139th

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Ireland
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 0.1189 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1159 kilograms per international-$ in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0031 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 136th and Nigeria ranks 139th of 164 regions.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).