Nigeria vs Sweden: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Nigeria

4.71 billion tonnes

in 2024

Sweden

5.13 billion tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria rank

45th

Sweden rank

44th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Sweden currently reports 5.13 billion tonnes against 4.71 billion tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 423.72 million tonnes.

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

Across all 110 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 45th and Sweden ranks 44th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative 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: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.