Indonesia vs Nigeria: Methane emissions

Indonesia
412.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Nigeria
193.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Indonesia rank
6th
Nigeria rank
8th

Methane emissions over time

  • Indonesia
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 412.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 193.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Nigeria, a difference of 218.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 2.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Indonesia ahead.

Indonesia ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 8th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.