Nigeria vs Rwanda: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Nigeria

0.0131 tonnes per person

in 2024

Rwanda

0.0154 tonnes per person

in 2024

Nigeria rank

110th

Rwanda rank

107th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

Rwanda currently reports 0.0154 tonnes per person against 0.0131 tonnes per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0023 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 110th and Rwanda ranks 107th 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.