Australia vs Nigeria: Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre

Australia
0.136 units per square kilometre
in 2022
Nigeria
0.1307 units per square kilometre
in 2022
Australia rank
143rd
Nigeria rank
146th

Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre over time

  • Australia
  • Nigeria
00.050.10.150.20.25196119912022

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.136 units per square kilometre against 0.1307 units per square kilometre in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0053 units per square kilometre.

Across all 62 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 143rd and Nigeria ranks 146th of 207 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.141 units per square kilometre 0.0247 units per square kilometre 0.1162 units per square kilometre Australia
1970s 0.1923 units per square kilometre 0.042 units per square kilometre 0.1503 units per square kilometre Australia
1980s 0.2006 units per square kilometre 0.0887 units per square kilometre 0.1119 units per square kilometre Australia
1990s 0.205 units per square kilometre 0.1049 units per square kilometre 0.1002 units per square kilometre Australia
2000s 0.1837 units per square kilometre 0.1073 units per square kilometre 0.0764 units per square kilometre Australia
2010s 0.1573 units per square kilometre 0.1199 units per square kilometre 0.0374 units per square kilometre Australia
2020s 0.1329 units per square kilometre 0.1259 units per square kilometre 0.007 units per square kilometre Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre, Australia or Nigeria?
Australia, at 0.136 units per square kilometre against 0.1307 units per square kilometre in Nigeria as of 2022.
What is the difference in sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre between Australia and Nigeria?
0.0053 units per square kilometre, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Nigeria?
62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
How do Australia and Nigeria rank globally for sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre?
Australia ranks 143rd and Nigeria ranks 146th of 207 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre. 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

Australia vs Nigeria: Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/sulphur-dioxide-and-coal-per-square-kilometre/australia/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 Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/sulphur-dioxide-and-coal-per-square-kilometre/australia/nigeria/">Australia vs Nigeria: Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Sulphur dioxide and coal, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
207 places, 11,657 data points, 1961–2022
Last refreshed

Sulphur dioxide and coal divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.