Guinea vs Nigeria: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Guinea
1.1%
in 2024
Nigeria
0.9%
in 2024
Guinea rank
19th
Nigeria rank
21st
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Guinea
- Nigeria
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 1.1% against 0.9% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 19th and Nigeria ranks 21st of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.2% | 0.1% | 2.0% | Guinea |
| 1860s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Guinea |
| 1870s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
| 1880s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Nigeria |
| 1890s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Nigeria |
| 1900s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Nigeria |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Nigeria |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 1.7% | 0.9% | Nigeria |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 2.1% | 1.2% | Nigeria |
| 1940s | 1.2% | 2.7% | 1.5% | Nigeria |
| 1950s | 0.8% | 1.9% | 1.1% | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 1.5% | 1.1% | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 3.2% | 2.9% | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 1.6% | 1.1% | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Guinea |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Guinea or Nigeria?
- Guinea, at 1.1% against 0.9% in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Guinea and Nigeria?
- 0.2%, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Nigeria?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Nigeria rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Guinea ranks 19th 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.