Which has higher waste — emissions, Nigeria or Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia, at 1,110 kt against 1,060 kt in Nigeria as of 2023.

What is the difference in waste — emissions between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia?

50 kt, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Saudi Arabia?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia: Waste — Emissions (CH4)

Nigeria

1,060 kt

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

1,110 kt

in 2023

Nigeria rank

15th

Saudi Arabia rank

14th

Waste — Emissions (CH4) over time

Nigeria
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 1,110 kt against 1,060 kt in Nigeria, a difference of 50 kt.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 15th and Saudi Arabia ranks 14th of 232 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and Saudi Arabia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	162.44 kt	34.88 kt	127.57 kt	Nigeria
1970s	209.2 kt	90.44 kt	118.76 kt	Nigeria
1980s	279.8 kt	216.1 kt	63.7 kt	Nigeria
1990s	366.1 kt	366.4 kt	0.3 kt	Saudi Arabia
2000s	530.1 kt	557.7 kt	27.6 kt	Saudi Arabia
2010s	813.3 kt	900.8 kt	87.5 kt	Saudi Arabia
2020s	1,019 kt	1,075 kt	55.75 kt	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher waste — emissions, Nigeria or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 1,110 kt against 1,060 kt in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in waste — emissions between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia?: 50 kt, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Saudi Arabia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Saudi Arabia rank globally for waste — emissions?: Nigeria ranks 15th and Saudi Arabia ranks 14th of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia: Waste — Emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 07 November 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/waste-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/nigeria/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/waste-emissions-ch4-fao-tier-1/nigeria/saudi-arabia/">Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia: Waste — Emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 265 places, 15,268 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 26 October 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf