Indonesia vs Nigeria: Share of global methane emissions

Indonesia
4.3%
in 2024
Nigeria
2.0%
in 2024
Indonesia rank
6th
Nigeria rank
8th

Share of global methane emissions over time

  • Indonesia
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 4.3% against 2.0% in Nigeria, a difference of 2.2%.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 2.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Indonesia ahead.

Indonesia ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 8th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of global methane emissions
Unit
%
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
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Measured as a percentage of the world's methane emissions.