Nigeria vs Pakistan: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.57 tonnes in Nigeria and 0.81 tonnes in Pakistan, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 0.24 tonnes, or 1.43 times that in Nigeria.
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Watch it change on the maptonnes per person · EDGAR · log scale
Latest figures
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 0.57 2024 | 0.66 | 157 of 202 |
| Pakistan | 0.81 2024 | 0.79 | 146 of 202 |
| World | 4.69 2024 | 4.78 |
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Nigeria.
- In 2024, Nigeria ranked 157 and Pakistan ranked 146 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Nigeria | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.57 | 0.81 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.55 | 0.84 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.58 | 0.97 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.96 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.56 | 0.95 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.6 | 0.86 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.59 | 0.89 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.58 | 0.96 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.63 | 0.89 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.62 | 0.82 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.66 | 0.79 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.58 | 0.76 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.61 | 0.76 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.57 | 0.78 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.5 | 0.82 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.58 | 0.83 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.55 | 0.88 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.62 | 0.81 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.78 | 0.7 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.79 | 0.72 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.76 | 0.68 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.86 | 0.7 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.91 | 0.69 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.8 | 0.68 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.82 | 0.66 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.87 | 0.61 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.82 | 0.57 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.77 | 0.57 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.84 | 0.57 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.84 | 0.54 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.76 | 0.52 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.82 | 0.46 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.86 | 0.45 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.85 | 0.42 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.87 | 0.41 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.89 | 0.4 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.96 | 0.37 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.22 | 0.35 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.39 | 0.34 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0.33 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.99 | 0.32 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.15 | 0.31 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.01 | 0.34 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.36 | 0.32 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.11 | 0.31 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.94 | 0.3 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.75 | 0.29 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.52 | 0.3 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time