Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2012
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2012?
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Nigeria emitted 109.07 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012.
This represents 0.31% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2012?
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In 2012, Nigeria emitted 0.64 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 170075936.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 109.07 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2012 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
55.86 |
0.33 |
| Gas |
28.87 |
0.17 |
| Coal |
0.13 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
6.12 |
0.04 |
| Flaring |
18.09 |
0.11 |
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