Iran vs Nigeria: Share of global methane emissions

Iran
1.8%
in 2024
Nigeria
2.0%
in 2024
Iran rank
9th
Nigeria rank
8th

Share of global methane emissions over time

  • Iran
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 2.0% against 1.8% in Iran, a difference of 0.3%.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 9th 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.