Kenya vs Nigeria: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Kenya

0.6321 tonnes per person

in 2023

Nigeria

0.5849 tonnes per person

in 2023

Kenya rank

106th

Nigeria rank

109th

Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

Kenya currently reports 0.6321 tonnes per person against 0.5849 tonnes per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0472 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nigeria ahead.

Kenya ranks 106th and Nigeria ranks 109th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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: 07 August 2026

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