Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2001

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2001?

Nigeria emitted 100.19 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2001. This represents 0.39% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2001?

In 2001, Nigeria emitted 0.79 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 126152680.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 100.19 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2001 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	37.2	0.29
Gas	11.61	0.09
Coal	0.01	0.0
Cement	0.97	0.01
Flaring	50.41	0.4

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