Botswana vs Nigeria: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Botswana

103.32 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

96.36 million tonnes

in 2024

Botswana rank

76th

Nigeria rank

77th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Botswana currently reports 103.32 million tonnes against 96.36 million tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 6.96 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Nigeria ahead.

Botswana ranks 76th and Nigeria ranks 77th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.