Iraq vs Nigeria: Greenhouse gas emissions

Iraq

398.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Nigeria

384.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Iraq rank

22nd

Nigeria rank

25th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

Iraq
Nigeria

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 398.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 384.68 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Nigeria, a difference of 13.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Nigeria ahead.

Iraq ranks 22nd 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.