Guinea vs Nigeria: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?

Guinea
0.4442 tonnes per person
in 2023
Nigeria
0.5849 tonnes per person
in 2023
Guinea rank
111th
Nigeria rank
109th

Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time

  • Guinea
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.5849 tonnes per person against 0.4442 tonnes per person in Guinea, a difference of 0.1407 tonnes per person.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Guinea's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Guinea ranks 111th and Nigeria ranks 109th of 120 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Nigeria Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1787 tonnes per person 0.575 tonnes per person 0.3963 tonnes per person Nigeria
2000s 0.184 tonnes per person 0.5255 tonnes per person 0.3415 tonnes per person Nigeria
2010s 0.3444 tonnes per person 0.6547 tonnes per person 0.3102 tonnes per person Nigeria
2020s 0.4426 tonnes per person 0.6426 tonnes per person 0.2 tonnes per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?, Guinea or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.5849 tonnes per person against 0.4442 tonnes per person in Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? between Guinea and Nigeria?
0.1407 tonnes per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Nigeria?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Guinea and Nigeria rank globally for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
Guinea ranks 111th and Nigeria ranks 109th of 120 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 Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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