Niger vs Nigeria: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Niger

0.0111 tonnes per person

in 2024

Nigeria

0.0131 tonnes per person

in 2024

Niger rank

113th

Nigeria rank

110th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Nigeria currently reports 0.0131 tonnes per person against 0.0111 tonnes per person in Niger, a difference of 0.002 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.

Niger ranks 113th and Nigeria ranks 110th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 17,915 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.