Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2002

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2002?

Nigeria emitted 89.92 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2002. This represents 0.34% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2002?

In 2002, Nigeria emitted 0.69 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 129583032.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 89.92 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2002 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 37.57 0.29
Gas 11.89 0.09
Coal 0.11 0.0
Cement 0.84 0.01
Flaring 39.5 0.3

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