Kuwait vs Nigeria: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Kuwait

122.35 million tonnes

in 2023

Nigeria

133.28 million tonnes

in 2023

Kuwait rank

39th

Nigeria rank

38th

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

Nigeria currently reports 133.28 million tonnes against 122.35 million tonnes in Kuwait, a difference of 10.94 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.

Kuwait ranks 39th and Nigeria ranks 38th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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: 121 places, 4,098 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes.