Greece vs Nigeria: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Greece
0.3%
in 2024
Nigeria
0.3%
in 2024
Greece rank
40th
Nigeria rank
41st
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Greece
- Nigeria
How they compare
Greece currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 110 shared years of data; in 1915 it was Nigeria ahead.
Greece ranks 40th and Nigeria ranks 41st of 215 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Greece |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Greece |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Greece |
| 1950s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Greece |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Greece |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Greece |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Greece |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Greece or Nigeria?
- Greece, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Greece and Nigeria?
- 0.0%, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Nigeria?
- 110 years are reported by both, from 1915 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Nigeria rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Greece ranks 40th and Nigeria ranks 41st of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.