Nigeria vs Sweden: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions
Nigeria
0.3%
in 2024
Sweden
0.3%
in 2024
Nigeria rank
45th
Sweden rank
44th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions over time
- Nigeria
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
Across all 110 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 45th and Sweden ranks 44th of 215 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions, Nigeria or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions between Nigeria and Sweden?
- 0.0%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sweden?
- 110 years are reported by both, from 1915 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Sweden rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions?
- Nigeria ranks 45th and Sweden ranks 44th 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 global cumulative CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global total cumulative emissions of CO₂.