Nigeria vs South Africa: Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) was 0.24, compared to South Africa's 1.20. That makes Nigeria's value 79.7% lower than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #110 of 184 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 0.24
- Year-over-year
- +0.7%
- 10-year change
- -4.6%
- Peak
- 0.38 (2005)
- Trough
- 0.23 (2009)
South Africa
Rank #9 of 184 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 1.20
- Year-over-year
- +2.5%
- 10-year change
- -15.4%
- Peak
- 1.63 (2005)
- Trough
- 1.17 (2023)
Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.CO2.RT.GDP.KD), CC BY 4.0.