Argentina vs Nigeria: Nitrous oxide emissions

Argentina
52.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Nigeria
41.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Argentina rank
9th
Nigeria rank
12th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Argentina
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 52.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 41.96 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Nigeria, a difference of 10.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Argentina has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 12th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide 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
201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

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