Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2019

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2019?

Nigeria emitted 127.34 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019. This represents 0.34% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2019?

In 2019, Nigeria emitted 0.63 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 203304496.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 127.34 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2019 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 68.58 0.34
Gas 35.11 0.17
Coal 0.15 0.0
Cement 8.91 0.04
Flaring 14.59 0.07

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