Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2006?

Nigeria emitted 89.95 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 0.29% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2006?

In 2006, Nigeria emitted 0.62 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 144329760.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 89.95 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	31.98	0.22
Gas	21.62	0.15
Coal	0.02	0.0
Cement	1.3	0.01
Flaring	35.04	0.24

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