Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2016
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2016?
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Nigeria emitted 116.93 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016.
This represents 0.33% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2016?
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In 2016, Nigeria emitted 0.62 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 188666928.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 116.93 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2016 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
60.54 |
0.32 |
| Gas |
34.43 |
0.18 |
| Coal |
0.14 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
8.52 |
0.05 |
| Flaring |
13.3 |
0.07 |
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