Nigeria CO2 emissions data for 2021
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Nigeria emit in 2021?
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Nigeria emitted 131.11 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021.
This represents 0.36% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Nigeria in 2021?
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In 2021, Nigeria emitted 0.61 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 213401328.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 131.11 million tonnes emitted by Nigeria in 2021 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
70.11 |
0.33 |
| Gas |
37.19 |
0.17 |
| Coal |
0.11 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
11.24 |
0.05 |
| Flaring |
12.46 |
0.06 |
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