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

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Brazil vs Nigeria: Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding

Brazil

751.47 Mt CO2e

in 2023

Nigeria

225.6 Mt CO2e

in 2023

Brazil rank

1st

Nigeria rank

3rd

Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding over time

Brazil
Nigeria

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 751.47 Mt CO2e against 225.6 Mt CO2e in Nigeria, a difference of 525.87 Mt CO2e.

That makes Brazil's figure about 3.3 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 183 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1,278 Mt CO2e	235.81 Mt CO2e	1,042 Mt CO2e	Brazil
2010s	314.45 Mt CO2e	291.56 Mt CO2e	22.88 Mt CO2e	Brazil
2020s	736.25 Mt CO2e	217.96 Mt CO2e	518.29 Mt CO2e	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding, Brazil or Nigeria?: Brazil, at 751.47 Mt CO2e against 225.6 Mt CO2e in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding between Brazil and Nigeria?: 525.87 Mt CO2e, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nigeria?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Nigeria rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding?: Brazil ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity on countries’ reporting, published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
Unit: Mt CO2e
Source: Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity on countries’ reporting
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 230 places, 5,520 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Net flux of carbon dioxide (CO2) from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry LULUCF, excluding non-tropical fires at the country level.