Nigeria vs Uganda
Nigeria vs Uganda: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.57 tonnes in Nigeria and 0.17 tonnes in Uganda, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 0.4 tonnes, or 3.44 times that in Uganda.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Nigeria ranked 157 and Uganda ranked 182 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 | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.57 | 0.17 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.55 | 0.17 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.58 | 0.17 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.18 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.56 | 0.16 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.6 | 0.16 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.59 | 0.17 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.58 | 0.16 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.63 | 0.15 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.62 | 0.15 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.66 | 0.13 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.63 | 0.12 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.58 | 0.13 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.61 | 0.13 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.57 | 0.12 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.5 | 0.12 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.58 | 0.11 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.55 | 0.1 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.62 | 0.09 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.71 | 0.08 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.74 | 0.07 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.78 | 0.07 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.82 | 0.06 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.79 | 0.06 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.73 | 0.06 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.76 | 0.06 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.86 | 0.05 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.91 | 0.05 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.8 | 0.05 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.75 | 0.04 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.82 | 0.04 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.87 | 0.05 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.82 | 0.05 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.77 | 0.05 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.84 | 0.04 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.84 | 0.05 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.76 | 0.04 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.82 | 0.04 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.86 | 0.04 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.85 | 0.04 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.87 | 0.04 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.89 | 0.04 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.96 | 0.04 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.22 | 0.05 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.39 | 0.06 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0.06 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.99 | 0.08 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.15 | 0.08 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.01 | 0.07 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1.36 | 0.08 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 1.11 | 0.08 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.94 | 0.09 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.75 | 0.09 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.52 | 0.09 | 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
Nigeria vs Uganda
Health
- Life expectancyNigeria: 54.5 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNigeria: 29% in 2022Uganda: 18.7% in 2022
- DepressionNigeria: 3.92% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateNigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNigeria: 228 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthNigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNigeria: 63.8% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageNigeria: 17.8 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNigeria: 3% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateNigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNigeria: $1.76B in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personNigeria: $9 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNigeria: 223,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerNigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016