Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2018
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2018?
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Nigeria emitted 105.6 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018.
This represents 0.29% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2018?
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In 2018, Nigeria emitted 0.53 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 198387616.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 105.6 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2018 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
48.43 |
0.24 |
| Gas |
34.34 |
0.17 |
| Coal |
0.13 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
8.52 |
0.04 |
| Flaring |
14.17 |
0.07 |
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