Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2009
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2009?
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Nigeria emitted 77.23 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009.
This represents 0.25% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2009?
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In 2009, Nigeria emitted 0.49 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 156595744.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 77.23 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2009 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
27.25 |
0.17 |
| Gas |
18.05 |
0.12 |
| Coal |
0.09 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
3.85 |
0.02 |
| Flaring |
27.98 |
0.18 |
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