Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2020?
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Nigeria emitted 123.82 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
This represents 0.35% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2020?
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In 2020, Nigeria emitted 0.59 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 208327408.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 123.82 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
64.82 |
0.31 |
| Gas |
35.29 |
0.17 |
| Coal |
0.11 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
10.07 |
0.05 |
| Flaring |
13.53 |
0.06 |
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