Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2005

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2005?

Nigeria emitted 101.47 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2005. This represents 0.34% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2005?

In 2005, Nigeria emitted 0.72 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 140490720.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 101.47 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2005 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	39.79	0.28
Gas	20.63	0.15
Coal	0.02	0.0
Cement	1.07	0.01
Flaring	39.96	0.28

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