Nepal vs Niger: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Nepal
0.2276 tonnes per person
in 2024
Niger
0.235 tonnes per person
in 2024
Nepal rank
85th
Niger rank
83rd
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Nepal
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.235 tonnes per person against 0.2276 tonnes per person in Nepal, a difference of 0.0074 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Nepal ahead.
Nepal ranks 85th and Niger ranks 83rd of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 3 and Niger in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7381 tonnes per person | 0.6779 tonnes per person | 0.0602 tonnes per person | Nepal |
| 1860s | 0.6673 tonnes per person | 1.02 tonnes per person | 0.3543 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1870s | 1.12 tonnes per person | 1.51 tonnes per person | 0.3917 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1880s | 0.8137 tonnes per person | 1.62 tonnes per person | 0.8073 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1890s | 0.8214 tonnes per person | 1.59 tonnes per person | 0.7684 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1900s | 1.91 tonnes per person | 4.14 tonnes per person | 2.23 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1910s | 2.98 tonnes per person | 3.71 tonnes per person | 0.7254 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1920s | 2.6 tonnes per person | 5.91 tonnes per person | 3.31 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1930s | 2.32 tonnes per person | 6.23 tonnes per person | 3.92 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1940s | 1.95 tonnes per person | 7.81 tonnes per person | 5.86 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1950s | 1.95 tonnes per person | 10.98 tonnes per person | 9.03 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1960s | 1.67 tonnes per person | 4.13 tonnes per person | 2.45 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 1970s | 2.32 tonnes per person | -2.95 tonnes per person | 5.26 tonnes per person | Nepal |
| 1980s | 1.18 tonnes per person | -0.0159 tonnes per person | 1.19 tonnes per person | Nepal |
| 1990s | 0.7613 tonnes per person | 4.73 tonnes per person | 3.96 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 2000s | 0.7588 tonnes per person | 1.04 tonnes per person | 0.2833 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 2010s | 0.384 tonnes per person | 1.69 tonnes per person | 1.31 tonnes per person | Niger |
| 2020s | 0.2847 tonnes per person | 0.2948 tonnes per person | 0.0101 tonnes per person | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Nepal or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.235 tonnes per person against 0.2276 tonnes per person in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Nepal and Niger?
- 0.0074 tonnes per person, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Niger?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Niger rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Nepal ranks 85th and Niger ranks 83rd of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. 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 in tonnes per person.