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Iran vs Nigeria: Methane emissions

Iran
171.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Nigeria
193.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Iran rank
9th
Nigeria rank
8th

Methane emissions over time

  • Iran
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 193.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 171.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Iran, a difference of 22.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 9th 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.