Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2015
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2015?
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Nigeria emitted 109.22 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015.
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 2015?
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In 2015, Nigeria emitted 0.59 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 183995776.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 109.22 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2015 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
54.11 |
0.29 |
| Gas |
32.45 |
0.18 |
| Coal |
0.12 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
8.14 |
0.04 |
| Flaring |
14.4 |
0.08 |
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