Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2000

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2000?

Nigeria emitted 96.85 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2000. This represents 0.38% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2000?

In 2000, Nigeria emitted 0.79 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 122851984.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 96.85 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2000 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 31.54 0.26
Gas 13.18 0.11
Coal 0.01 0.0
Cement 1.01 0.01
Flaring 51.11 0.42

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