Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2011
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2011?
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Nigeria emitted 125.43 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2011.
This represents 0.36% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2011?
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In 2011, Nigeria emitted 0.76 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 165463744.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 125.43 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2011 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
69.44 |
0.42 |
| Gas |
28.0 |
0.17 |
| Coal |
0.08 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
4.59 |
0.03 |
| Flaring |
23.31 |
0.14 |
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