Malawi vs Nigeria: Consumption-based carbon intensity

Malawi

0.1208 kilograms per international-$

in 2022

Nigeria

0.1231 kilograms per international-$

in 2022

Malawi rank

115th

Nigeria rank

113th

Consumption-based carbon intensity over time

Malawi
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.1231 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1208 kilograms per international-$ in Malawi, a difference of 0.0023 kilograms per international-$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.

Malawi ranks 115th and Nigeria ranks 113th of 119 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Consumption-based carbon intensity
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: 119 places, 3,909 data points, 1990–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).