Algeria vs Nigeria: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring

Algeria

3.6%

in 2024

Nigeria

2.9%

in 2024

Algeria rank

9th

Nigeria rank

10th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Algeria currently reports 3.6% against 2.9% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.6%.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Nigeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 10th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 9,653 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from flaring in the same year.