Niger vs Portugal: Greenhouse gas emissions

Niger

52.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Portugal

54.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Niger rank

93rd

Portugal rank

92nd

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

Niger
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 54.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 52.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Niger, a difference of 2.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Portugal ahead.

Niger ranks 93rd and Portugal ranks 92nd 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.