Brazil vs Nigeria: Carbon intensity of GDP

Brazil
0.2423 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
in 2024
Nigeria
0.2439 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
in 2024
Brazil rank
120th
Nigeria rank
118th

Carbon intensity of GDP over time

  • Brazil
  • Nigeria
00.20.40.6197019972024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.2439 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP against 0.2423 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Brazil, a difference of 0.0016 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 120th and Nigeria ranks 118th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 0.284 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.481 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.1971 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Nigeria
1980s 0.2458 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.5726 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.3268 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Nigeria
1990s 0.2678 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.5535 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.2857 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Nigeria
2000s 0.2719 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.3886 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.1168 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Nigeria
2010s 0.2734 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.2475 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.0259 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Brazil
2020s 0.2537 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.2527 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.001 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon intensity of gdp, Brazil or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.2439 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP against 0.2423 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in carbon intensity of gdp between Brazil and Nigeria?
0.0016 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nigeria?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Nigeria rank globally for carbon intensity of gdp?
Brazil ranks 120th and Nigeria ranks 118th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP). 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

Brazil vs Nigeria: Carbon intensity of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-intensity-of-gdp-kg-co2e-per-constant-2015-us-of-gdp/brazil/nigeria/

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 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-intensity-of-gdp-kg-co2e-per-constant-2015-us-of-gdp/brazil/nigeria/">Brazil vs Nigeria: Carbon intensity of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
Unit
kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
246 places, 12,443 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF divided by the GDP in constant 2021 US$.