Angola vs Nigeria: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Angola

50.00 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

43.52 million tonnes

in 2024

Angola rank

18th

Nigeria rank

21st

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Angola currently reports 50.00 million tonnes against 43.52 million tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 6.49 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 21st of 197 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
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: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.