Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2008
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2008?
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Nigeria emitted 87.27 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008.
This represents 0.27% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2008?
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In 2008, Nigeria emitted 0.57 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 152382512.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 87.27 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2008 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
33.5 |
0.22 |
| Gas |
20.65 |
0.14 |
| Coal |
0.08 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
3.85 |
0.03 |
| Flaring |
29.19 |
0.19 |
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