Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2010

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2010?

Nigeria emitted 111.43 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2010. This represents 0.33% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2010?

In 2010, Nigeria emitted 0.69 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 160952864.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 111.43 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2010 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 58.74 0.36
Gas 20.2 0.13
Coal 0.1 0.0
Cement 3.86 0.02
Flaring 28.53 0.18

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