Morocco vs Nigeria: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita

Morocco
49.72 tonnes per person
in 2024
Nigeria
53.87 tonnes per person
in 2024
Morocco rank
114th
Nigeria rank
112th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita over time

  • Morocco
  • Nigeria
5075100125150196019922024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 53.87 tonnes per person against 49.72 tonnes per person in Morocco, a difference of 4.15 tonnes per person.

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

Across all 65 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Morocco ranks 114th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 194 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 86.84 tonnes per person 147.73 tonnes per person 60.89 tonnes per person Nigeria
1970s 78.84 tonnes per person 128.85 tonnes per person 50.01 tonnes per person Nigeria
1980s 70.52 tonnes per person 104.1 tonnes per person 33.57 tonnes per person Nigeria
1990s 68.01 tonnes per person 91.4 tonnes per person 23.4 tonnes per person Nigeria
2000s 61.69 tonnes per person 81.49 tonnes per person 19.8 tonnes per person Nigeria
2010s 55.05 tonnes per person 65.03 tonnes per person 9.98 tonnes per person Nigeria
2020s 51.28 tonnes per person 55.82 tonnes per person 4.54 tonnes per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita, Morocco or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 53.87 tonnes per person against 49.72 tonnes per person in Morocco as of 2024.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita between Morocco and Nigeria?
4.15 tonnes per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Nigeria?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Morocco and Nigeria rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita?
Morocco ranks 114th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Morocco vs Nigeria: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-emissions-from-land-use-change-per-capita/morocco/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-emissions-from-land-use-change-per-capita/morocco/nigeria/">Morocco vs Nigeria: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
194 places, 12,580 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.