France vs Nigeria: Greenhouse gas emissions

France

337.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Nigeria

384.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

France rank

28th

Nigeria rank

25th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

France
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 384.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 337.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in France, a difference of 46.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times France's.

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

France ranks 28th and Nigeria ranks 25th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Greenhouse gas emissions
Unit: tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.