Australia vs Nigeria: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Australia
0.9%
in 2024
Nigeria
0.9%
in 2024
Australia rank
24th
Nigeria rank
21st
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Australia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.9% against 0.9% in Australia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 24th and Nigeria ranks 21st of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 13 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1860s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1870s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Australia |
| 1880s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1890s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Australia |
| 1900s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1910s | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
| 1920s | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.2% | Australia |
| 1930s | 1.4% | 2.1% | 0.7% | Nigeria |
| 1940s | 0.9% | 2.7% | 1.9% | Nigeria |
| 1950s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1960s | 3.2% | 1.5% | 1.7% | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 3.2% | 1.8% | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 0.6% | Australia |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 0.6% | 1.9% | Australia |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Australia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.9% against 0.9% in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Australia and Nigeria?
- 0.0%, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Nigeria?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Nigeria rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Australia ranks 24th and Nigeria ranks 21st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.