Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Niger

Greenhouse gases per capita in Niger in 2024 — 1.93 t/person. Ranked 36 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 28.4%.

2024 1.93 t/person −1.88% vs 2023
World rank 36of 199
Period maximum 14.24 t/person1953
Period minimum -0.62 t/person1973

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Niger, 1850–2024-5051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.69 t/person1853: 2.78 t/person1856: 2.73 t/person1859: 2.64 t/person1862: 2.75 t/person1865: 2.74 t/person1868: 2.71 t/person1871: 2.86 t/person1874: 2.98 t/person1877: 3.05 t/person1880: 3.1 t/person1883: 3.13 t/person1886: 3.12 t/person1889: 3.1 t/person1892: 3.12 t/person1895: 3.11 t/person1898: 3.12 t/person1901: 4.49 t/person1904: 5.45 t/person1907: 6.07 t/person1910: 6.54 t/person1913: 6.82 t/person1916: 7.16 t/person1919: 7.57 t/person1922: 9.26 t/person1925: 9.95 t/person1928: 10.28 t/person1931: 10.73 t/person1934: 10.7 t/person1937: 10.65 t/person1940: 11.06 t/person1943: 11.81 t/person1946: 12.28 t/person1949: 12.25 t/person1952: 14.23 t/person1955: 13.88 t/person1958: 13.28 t/person1961: 10.49 t/person1964: 7.34 t/person1967: 9.76 t/person1970: 4.03 t/person1973: -0.62 t/person1976: 0.15 t/person1979: 2.51 t/person1982: 1.68 t/person1985: 0.03 t/person1988: 0.06 t/person1991: 7.37 t/person1994: 6.21 t/person1997: 3.41 t/person2000: 2.52 t/person2003: 2.18 t/person2006: 2.43 t/person2009: 1.78 t/person2012: 3.24 t/person2015: 2.99 t/person2018: 2.33 t/person2021: 1.99 t/person2024: 1.93 t/person
Change over the period: −0.76 (−28.37%) Average annual rate: -0.19 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Niger

Niger 1.93 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3.04 t/person
Western Africa computed 2.18 t/person
Low-income countries computed 2.68 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 1.93 −0.04 −1.88%
2023 1.97 −0.04 −1.95%
2022 2.01 +0.01 +0.75%
2021 1.99 −0.11 −5.1%
2020 2.1 −0.07 −3.01%
2019 2.16 −0.17 −7.09%
2018 2.33 −0.29 −11.22%
2017 2.62 −0.31 −10.45%
2016 2.93 −0.06 −2.04%
2015 2.99 +0.2 +7.14%
2014 2.79 +0.11 +4.22%
2013 2.68 −0.56 −17.36%
2012 3.24 +0.29 +9.95%
2011 2.95 +0.59 +25.05%
2010 2.36 +0.58 +32.38%
2009 1.78 +0.1 +6.08%
2008 1.68 −0.27 −13.91%
2007 1.95 −0.48 −19.9%
2006 2.43 +0.7 +40.01%
2005 1.74 −0.17 −8.77%
2004 1.9 −0.28 −12.7%
2003 2.18 −0.12 −5.3%
2002 2.3 +0 +0.13%
2001 2.3 −0.22 −8.66%
2000 2.52 −0.28 −9.91%
1999 2.8 −0.32 −10.27%
1998 3.12 −0.3 −8.73%
1997 3.41 −0.57 −14.25%
1996 3.98 −0.9 −18.43%
1995 4.88 −1.33 −21.43%
1994 6.21 +1.58 +34.21%
1993 4.63 −0.69 −13.04%
1992 5.32 −2.05 −27.76%
1991 7.37 +0.77 +11.74%
1990 6.59 +1.85 +38.98%
1989 4.74 +4.68 +7,550%
1988 0.06 +0.48 +114.83%
1987 -0.42 +0.06 +13.1%
1986 -0.48 −0.51 −1,950%
1985 0.03 −0.3 −92.05%
1984 0.33 −0.73 −69.06%
1983 1.06 −0.62 −37.12%
1982 1.68 +0.32 +23.33%
1981 1.36 +0.13 +10.63%
1980 1.23 −1.27 −50.82%
1979 2.51 +1.04 +70.87%
1978 1.47 +0.96 +190.3%
1977 0.51 +0.36 +238.93%
1976 0.15 +0.35 +175.63%
1975 -0.2 +0.26 +56.89%
1974 -0.46 +0.16 +25.81%
1973 -0.62 −3.1 −124.78%
1972 2.49 −1.09 −30.46%
1971 3.58 −0.46 −11.29%
1970 4.03 −0.43 −9.64%
1969 4.46 −3.73 −45.52%
1968 8.19 −1.57 −16.11%
1967 9.76 +3.5 +55.95%
1966 6.26 −0.5 −7.45%
1965 6.76 −0.58 −7.84%
1964 7.34 −0.59 −7.42%
1963 7.92 −1.03 −11.52%
1962 8.96 −1.54 −14.65%
1961 10.49 −2.66 −20.21%
1960 13.15 −0.06 −0.48%
1959 13.21 −0.07 −0.53%
1958 13.28 −0.15 −1.1%
1957 13.43 −0.17 −1.26%
1956 13.6 −0.28 −2%
1955 13.88 −0.16 −1.15%
1954 14.04 −0.2 −1.43%
1953 14.24 +0.02 +0.11%
1952 14.23 +0.15 +1.04%
1951 14.08 +0.53 +3.9%
1950 13.55 +1.3 +10.64%
1949 12.25 −0.21 −1.71%
1948 12.46 +0.05 +0.41%
1947 12.41 +0.13 +1.03%
1946 12.28 +0.01 +0.11%
1945 12.27 +0.13 +1.09%
1944 12.14 +0.33 +2.76%
1943 11.81 +0.09 +0.79%
1942 11.72 +0.22 +1.89%
1941 11.5 +0.44 +3.99%
1940 11.06 +0.57 +5.46%
1939 10.49 −0.13 −1.24%
1938 10.62 −0.03 −0.31%
1937 10.65 −0.04 −0.34%
1936 10.69 −0.05 −0.49%
1935 10.74 +0.04 +0.36%
1934 10.7 +0 +0.03%
1933 10.7 −0.05 −0.47%
1932 10.75 +0.02 +0.19%
1931 10.73 +0.13 +1.26%
1930 10.6 +0.27 +2.62%
1929 10.33 +0.05 +0.48%
1928 10.28 +0.04 +0.35%
1927 10.24 +0.1 +0.99%
1926 10.14 +0.19 +1.94%
1925 9.95 +0.25 +2.59%
1924 9.7 +0.19 +2.03%
1923 9.5 +0.25 +2.69%
1922 9.26 +0.34 +3.76%
1921 8.92 +0.59 +7.12%
1920 8.33 +0.76 +10.04%
1919 7.57 +0.19 +2.56%
1918 7.38 +0.11 +1.54%
1917 7.27 +0.11 +1.49%
1916 7.16 +0.09 +1.24%
1915 7.07 +0.13 +1.81%
1914 6.95 +0.12 +1.77%
1913 6.82 +0.13 +1.88%
1912 6.7 +0.11 +1.61%
1911 6.59 +0.05 +0.78%
1910 6.54 +0.02 +0.37%
1909 6.52 +0.18 +2.81%
1908 6.34 +0.27 +4.36%
1907 6.07 +0.21 +3.62%
1906 5.86 +0.18 +3.2%
1905 5.68 +0.23 +4.28%
1904 5.45 +0.28 +5.5%
1903 5.16 +0.26 +5.28%
1902 4.9 +0.41 +9.17%
1901 4.49 +0.54 +13.64%
1900 3.95 +0.79 +25.09%
1899 3.16 +0.04 +1.18%
1898 3.12 +0.02 +0.48%
1897 3.11 +0 +0.13%
1896 3.1 −0 −0.16%
1895 3.11 −0.01 −0.45%
1894 3.12 +0.01 +0.22%
1893 3.12 −0.01 −0.19%
1892 3.12 −0 −0.16%
1891 3.13 −0.02 −0.51%
1890 3.14 +0.04 +1.42%
1889 3.1 −0.01 −0.23%
1888 3.11 −0.01 −0.16%
1887 3.11 −0.01 −0.22%
1886 3.12 −0 −0.06%
1885 3.12 −0 −0.13%
1884 3.12 −0.01 −0.22%
1883 3.13 +0.02 +0.51%
1882 3.12 +0.01 +0.23%
1881 3.11 +0.01 +0.29%
1880 3.1 +0.03 +0.98%
1879 3.07 +0.01 +0.2%
1878 3.06 +0.01 +0.46%
1877 3.05 +0.02 +0.79%
1876 3.03 +0.02 +0.73%
1875 3 +0.02 +0.81%
1874 2.98 +0.04 +1.26%
1873 2.94 +0.04 +1.2%
1872 2.91 +0.04 +1.54%
1871 2.86 +0.07 +2.36%
1870 2.8 +0.11 +3.94%
1869 2.69 −0.02 −0.55%
1868 2.71 −0.01 −0.22%
1867 2.71 −0.01 −0.51%
1866 2.73 −0.01 −0.44%
1865 2.74 −0.01 −0.44%
1864 2.75 −0 −0.07%
1863 2.75 −0 −0.07%
1862 2.75 +0.01 +0.47%
1861 2.74 +0.03 +1.18%
1860 2.71 +0.07 +2.5%
1859 2.64 −0.05 −1.71%
1858 2.69 −0.01 −0.41%
1857 2.7 −0.03 −0.95%
1856 2.73 −0.03 −0.94%
1855 2.75 −0.03 −0.9%
1854 2.78 −0.01 −0.22%
1853 2.78 −0 −0.18%
1852 2.79 +0.02 +0.69%
1851 2.77 +0.08 +2.82%
1850 2.69

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.