Nigeria vs Qatar: Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions

Nigeria

135.82 million tonnes

in 2024

Qatar

125.81 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria rank

36th

Qatar rank

38th

Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions over time

Nigeria currently reports 135.82 million tonnes against 125.81 million tonnes in Qatar, a difference of 10.01 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 36th and Qatar ranks 38th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Kaya identity: drivers of 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: 216 places, 12,568 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.