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Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — Nigeria

Share of global CO2 emissions in Nigeria in 2024 — 0.352%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 214. Since 1915, the indicator has risen by 0.351 pp.

2024 0.352% +0.012 pp vs 2023
World rank 179of 214
Period maximum 0.403%1996
Period minimum 0.001%1915

Trend over time

1915–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Nigeria, 1915–202400.20.40.6191519261937194819591970198119922003201420241915: 0.001%1917: 0.006%1919: 0.012%1921: 0.018%1923: 0.013%1925: 0.017%1927: 0.024%1929: 0.022%1931: 0.025%1933: 0.019%1935: 0.018%1937: 0.022%1939: 0.018%1941: 0.02%1943: 0.027%1945: 0.032%1947: 0.03%1949: 0.029%1951: 0.026%1953: 0.037%1955: 0.036%1957: 0.039%1959: 0.04%1961: 0.044%1963: 0.052%1965: 0.104%1967: 0.105%1969: 0.088%1971: 0.208%1973: 0.29%1975: 0.279%1977: 0.275%1979: 0.36%1981: 0.348%1983: 0.315%1985: 0.345%1987: 0.279%1989: 0.189%1991: 0.18%1993: 0.197%1995: 0.358%1997: 0.392%1999: 0.342%2001: 0.39%2003: 0.362%2005: 0.343%2007: 0.261%2009: 0.244%2011: 0.366%2013: 0.333%2015: 0.312%2017: 0.313%2019: 0.345%2021: 0.401%2023: 0.34%2024: 0.352%
Change over the period: +0.351 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 0.352%
World computed 96.886%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 2.272%
Western Africa computed 0.582%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 15.734%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.352 +0.012 pp
2023 0.34 −0.01 pp
2022 0.35 −0.051 pp
2021 0.401 +0.046 pp
2020 0.355 +0.01 pp
2019 0.345 +0.054 pp
2018 0.291 −0.022 pp
2017 0.313 −0.016 pp
2016 0.329 +0.017 pp
2015 0.312 −0.038 pp
2014 0.35 +0.017 pp
2013 0.333 +0.018 pp
2012 0.315 −0.051 pp
2011 0.366 +0.03 pp
2010 0.336 +0.092 pp
2009 0.244 −0.026 pp
2008 0.27 +0.009 pp
2007 0.261 −0.033 pp
2006 0.294 −0.049 pp
2005 0.343 +0.011 pp
2004 0.332 −0.03 pp
2003 0.362 +0.02 pp
2002 0.342 −0.048 pp
2001 0.39 +0.01 pp
2000 0.38 +0.038 pp
1999 0.342 −0.013 pp
1998 0.355 −0.037 pp
1997 0.392 −0.011 pp
1996 0.403 +0.045 pp
1995 0.358 +0.008 pp
1994 0.35 +0.153 pp
1993 0.197 −0.008 pp
1992 0.205 +0.025 pp
1991 0.18 +0.009 pp
1990 0.171 −0.018 pp
1989 0.189 −0.132 pp
1988 0.321 +0.042 pp
1987 0.279 −0.079 pp
1986 0.358 +0.013 pp
1985 0.345 −0.011 pp
1984 0.356 +0.041 pp
1983 0.315 −0.034 pp
1982 0.349 +0.001 pp
1981 0.348 −0.002 pp
1980 0.35 −0.01 pp
1979 0.36 +0.107 pp
1978 0.253 −0.022 pp
1977 0.275 −0.034 pp
1976 0.309 +0.03 pp
1975 0.279 −0.087 pp
1974 0.366 +0.076 pp
1973 0.29 +0.035 pp
1972 0.255 +0.047 pp
1971 0.208 +0.064 pp
1970 0.144 +0.056 pp
1969 0.088 +0.037 pp
1968 0.051 −0.054 pp
1967 0.105 −0.004 pp
1966 0.109 +0.005 pp
1965 0.104 +0.037 pp
1964 0.067 +0.015 pp
1963 0.052 +0.009 pp
1962 0.043 −0.001 pp
1961 0.044 +0.008 pp
1960 0.036 −0.004 pp
1959 0.04 −0.004 pp
1958 0.044 +0.005 pp
1957 0.039 +0.001 pp
1956 0.038 +0.002 pp
1955 0.036 −0.002 pp
1954 0.038 +0.001 pp
1953 0.037 +0.003 pp
1952 0.034 +0.008 pp
1951 0.026 −0.012 pp
1950 0.038 +0.009 pp
1949 0.029 −0.001 pp
1948 0.03 +0 pp
1947 0.03 −0.006 pp
1946 0.036 +0.004 pp
1945 0.032 +0 pp
1944 0.032 +0.005 pp
1943 0.027 +0.002 pp
1942 0.025 +0.005 pp
1941 0.02 +0.003 pp
1940 0.017 −0.001 pp
1939 0.018 −0.005 pp
1938 0.023 +0.001 pp
1937 0.022 +0.003 pp
1936 0.019 +0.001 pp
1935 0.018 −0.001 pp
1934 0.019 +0 pp
1933 0.019 −0.002 pp
1932 0.021 −0.004 pp
1931 0.025 +0.001 pp
1930 0.024 +0.002 pp
1929 0.022 −0.002 pp
1928 0.024 +0 pp
1927 0.024 +0 pp
1926 0.024 +0.007 pp
1925 0.017 +0.002 pp
1924 0.015 +0.002 pp
1923 0.013 +0.004 pp
1922 0.009 −0.009 pp
1921 0.018 +0.004 pp
1920 0.014 +0.002 pp
1919 0.012 +0.001 pp
1918 0.011 +0.005 pp
1917 0.006 +0.004 pp
1916 0.002 +0.001 pp
1915 0.001 —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SH Saint Helena 0 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.001 CV Cabo Verde 0.002 GM Gambia 0.002 LR Liberia 0.002 SL Sierra Leone 0.004 TG Togo 0.007 NE Niger 0.008 GN Guinea 0.01 MR Mauritania 0.014 BJ Benin 0.016 BF Burkina Faso 0.017 ML Mali 0.018 SN Senegal 0.037 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.038 GH Ghana 0.054 NG Nigeria 0.352
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About the indicator

A country's share of global carbon dioxide emissions for the year. The indicator answers the question of current responsibility and differs noticeably from the share of cumulative emissions: countries that industrialized late stand higher on current emissions than on historical ones, and the other way around. That divergence is the main subject of the dispute over the fair sharing of the effort.

Important: Shares add up, so the sum over a group of countries is its weight in global emissions, and “the world” should come to one hundred percent.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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