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Greenhouse gas emissions — Nigeria

Greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria in 2024 — 384.68 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 175 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 8,299.2%.

2024 384.68 Mt CO₂e −1.33% vs 2023
World rank 175of 199
Period maximum 586.82 Mt CO₂e1994
Period minimum 4.58 Mt CO₂e1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Nigeria, 1850–20240200400600185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 4.58 Mt CO₂e1853: 7.77 Mt CO₂e1856: 9.26 Mt CO₂e1859: 10.62 Mt CO₂e1862: 12.04 Mt CO₂e1865: 12.8 Mt CO₂e1868: 13.47 Mt CO₂e1871: 15.41 Mt CO₂e1874: 16.62 Mt CO₂e1877: 17.44 Mt CO₂e1880: 19.21 Mt CO₂e1883: 20.73 Mt CO₂e1886: 21.57 Mt CO₂e1889: 22.19 Mt CO₂e1892: 21.92 Mt CO₂e1895: 22.28 Mt CO₂e1898: 22.8 Mt CO₂e1901: 29.48 Mt CO₂e1904: 32.94 Mt CO₂e1907: 34.89 Mt CO₂e1910: 37.49 Mt CO₂e1913: 40.03 Mt CO₂e1916: 42.21 Mt CO₂e1919: 43.93 Mt CO₂e1922: 65.11 Mt CO₂e1925: 72.54 Mt CO₂e1928: 80.62 Mt CO₂e1931: 87 Mt CO₂e1934: 92.95 Mt CO₂e1937: 97.86 Mt CO₂e1940: 109.42 Mt CO₂e1943: 127.71 Mt CO₂e1946: 137.86 Mt CO₂e1949: 145.49 Mt CO₂e1952: 137.46 Mt CO₂e1955: 154.63 Mt CO₂e1958: 173.68 Mt CO₂e1961: 183.34 Mt CO₂e1964: 188.16 Mt CO₂e1967: 257.96 Mt CO₂e1970: 248.18 Mt CO₂e1973: 310.03 Mt CO₂e1976: 316.6 Mt CO₂e1979: 356.65 Mt CO₂e1982: 276.57 Mt CO₂e1985: 319.89 Mt CO₂e1988: 315.81 Mt CO₂e1991: 410.53 Mt CO₂e1994: 586.82 Mt CO₂e1997: 573.1 Mt CO₂e2000: 561.81 Mt CO₂e2003: 493.73 Mt CO₂e2006: 435.28 Mt CO₂e2009: 337.39 Mt CO₂e2012: 361.05 Mt CO₂e2015: 362.7 Mt CO₂e2018: 384.3 Mt CO₂e2021: 405.61 Mt CO₂e2024: 384.68 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +380.1 (+8,299.17%) Average annual rate: 2.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nigeria 384.68 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e
Western Africa computed 993.26 Mt CO₂e
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 384.68 −5.19 −1.33%
2023 389.88 +5.99 +1.56%
2022 383.89 −21.73 −5.36%
2021 405.61 +7.11 +1.78%
2020 398.5 −10.32 −2.52%
2019 408.82 +24.52 +6.38%
2018 384.3 +7.11 +1.89%
2017 377.18 +13.03 +3.58%
2016 364.16 +1.45 +0.4%
2015 362.7 −9.81 −2.63%
2014 372.52 +12.5 +3.47%
2013 360.02 −1.03 −0.29%
2012 361.05 −17.42 −4.6%
2011 378.47 +7.06 +1.9%
2010 371.41 +34.03 +10.09%
2009 337.39 −96.64 −22.27%
2008 434.03 +29.87 +7.39%
2007 404.16 −31.13 −7.15%
2006 435.28 −29 −6.25%
2005 464.28 −16.11 −3.35%
2004 480.39 −13.34 −2.7%
2003 493.73 +33.16 +7.2%
2002 460.57 −72.24 −13.56%
2001 532.81 −29 −5.16%
2000 561.81 +48.61 +9.47%
1999 513.2 −54.9 −9.66%
1998 568.1 −4.99 −0.87%
1997 573.1 −8.59 −1.48%
1996 581.69 +19.85 +3.53%
1995 561.84 −24.99 −4.26%
1994 586.82 +126.75 +27.55%
1993 460.08 +37.73 +8.93%
1992 422.35 +11.82 +2.88%
1991 410.53 +41.32 +11.19%
1990 369.21 +52.06 +16.42%
1989 317.15 +1.33 +0.42%
1988 315.81 +18.85 +6.35%
1987 296.96 −20.25 −6.38%
1986 317.22 −2.67 −0.83%
1985 319.89 +11.22 +3.63%
1984 308.67 +30.01 +10.77%
1983 278.66 +2.09 +0.76%
1982 276.57 −8.11 −2.85%
1981 284.67 −50.7 −15.12%
1980 335.37 −21.27 −5.97%
1979 356.65 +53.49 +17.64%
1978 303.16 −7.25 −2.34%
1977 310.41 −6.19 −1.96%
1976 316.6 +32.41 +11.4%
1975 284.19 −49.9 −14.94%
1974 334.09 +24.06 +7.76%
1973 310.03 +24.67 +8.65%
1972 285.36 +29.45 +11.51%
1971 255.9 +7.73 +3.11%
1970 248.18 +39.16 +18.74%
1969 209.01 +9.41 +4.72%
1968 199.6 −58.37 −22.63%
1967 257.96 +38.03 +17.29%
1966 219.93 +13.29 +6.43%
1965 206.64 +18.48 +9.82%
1964 188.16 +14.02 +8.05%
1963 174.14 +1.09 +0.63%
1962 173.05 −10.29 −5.61%
1961 183.34 −8.28 −4.32%
1960 191.62 +8.03 +4.37%
1959 183.59 +9.91 +5.71%
1958 173.68 +6.9 +4.14%
1957 166.78 +9.79 +6.24%
1956 156.99 +2.36 +1.52%
1955 154.63 +6.92 +4.68%
1954 147.71 +4.13 +2.88%
1953 143.58 +6.12 +4.46%
1952 137.46 +2.21 +1.63%
1951 135.25 −2.65 −1.92%
1950 137.9 −7.58 −5.21%
1949 145.49 +2.4 +1.68%
1948 143.09 +4.67 +3.37%
1947 138.42 +0.56 +0.41%
1946 137.86 +5.79 +4.38%
1945 132.07 +2.97 +2.3%
1944 129.09 +1.39 +1.09%
1943 127.71 +7.02 +5.82%
1942 120.68 +2.98 +2.53%
1941 117.71 +8.29 +7.58%
1940 109.42 +9.3 +9.29%
1939 100.12 +2.42 +2.48%
1938 97.7 −0.17 −0.17%
1937 97.86 +3.39 +3.59%
1936 94.47 +0.27 +0.29%
1935 94.2 +1.25 +1.34%
1934 92.95 +0.56 +0.6%
1933 92.39 +4.56 +5.2%
1932 87.83 +0.83 +0.95%
1931 87 +2.48 +2.93%
1930 84.52 +3.27 +4.03%
1929 81.25 +0.64 +0.79%
1928 80.62 +1.45 +1.83%
1927 79.16 +2.82 +3.69%
1926 76.34 +3.8 +5.25%
1925 72.54 +2.49 +3.55%
1924 70.05 +1.46 +2.13%
1923 68.59 +3.48 +5.34%
1922 65.11 +3.01 +4.84%
1921 62.1 +7.87 +14.5%
1920 54.24 +10.31 +23.46%
1919 43.93 +0.02 +0.03%
1918 43.92 +0.57 +1.32%
1917 43.34 +1.13 +2.69%
1916 42.21 +0.91 +2.2%
1915 41.3 +1.13 +2.81%
1914 40.17 +0.14 +0.35%
1913 40.03 +0.74 +1.88%
1912 39.29 +0.53 +1.38%
1911 38.76 +1.26 +3.37%
1910 37.49 +1.39 +3.85%
1909 36.1 +0.26 +0.71%
1908 35.85 +0.95 +2.73%
1907 34.89 −0.05 −0.16%
1906 34.95 +1.08 +3.18%
1905 33.87 +0.93 +2.83%
1904 32.94 +0.88 +2.73%
1903 32.06 +0.83 +2.66%
1902 31.23 +1.76 +5.95%
1901 29.48 +2.52 +9.36%
1900 26.96 +4.05 +17.66%
1899 22.91 +0.11 +0.49%
1898 22.8 +0.24 +1.08%
1897 22.56 +0.15 +0.68%
1896 22.4 +0.12 +0.54%
1895 22.28 +0.07 +0.3%
1894 22.22 −0.05 −0.23%
1893 22.27 +0.35 +1.58%
1892 21.92 +0.03 +0.14%
1891 21.89 −0.1 −0.45%
1890 21.99 −0.2 −0.91%
1889 22.19 +0.24 +1.08%
1888 21.96 +0.2 +0.92%
1887 21.76 +0.19 +0.87%
1886 21.57 +0.28 +1.33%
1885 21.28 +0.24 +1.14%
1884 21.05 +0.31 +1.5%
1883 20.73 +0.34 +1.66%
1882 20.4 +0.51 +2.54%
1881 19.89 +0.68 +3.52%
1880 19.21 +1.42 +8%
1879 17.79 +0.13 +0.75%
1878 17.66 +0.22 +1.28%
1877 17.44 +0.21 +1.24%
1876 17.22 +0.31 +1.86%
1875 16.91 +0.29 +1.76%
1874 16.62 +0.33 +2.03%
1873 16.28 +0.37 +2.33%
1872 15.91 +0.51 +3.29%
1871 15.41 +0.71 +4.81%
1870 14.7 +1.14 +8.42%
1869 13.56 +0.09 +0.66%
1868 13.47 +0.2 +1.54%
1867 13.27 +0.02 +0.13%
1866 13.25 +0.45 +3.52%
1865 12.8 +0.18 +1.44%
1864 12.62 +0.32 +2.63%
1863 12.29 +0.25 +2.1%
1862 12.04 +0.4 +3.41%
1861 11.64 +0.45 +4.03%
1860 11.19 +0.58 +5.44%
1859 10.62 +0.51 +5.02%
1858 10.11 +0.41 +4.27%
1857 9.69 +0.43 +4.66%
1856 9.26 +0.43 +4.83%
1855 8.84 +0.52 +6.19%
1854 8.32 +0.55 +7.09%
1853 7.77 +0.63 +8.86%
1852 7.14 +0.84 +13.41%
1851 6.29 +1.71 +37.4%
1850 4.58 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

SH Saint Helena 0.02 CV Cabo Verde 0.84 GM Gambia 2.94 GW Guinea-Bissau 8.14 TG Togo 12.76 SL Sierra Leone 16.29 MR Mauritania 18.2 LR Liberia 24.54 SN Senegal 35.41 BJ Benin 40.94 GH Ghana 52.01 NE Niger 52.14 BF Burkina Faso 59.46 ML Mali 65.66 GN Guinea 78.53 CI Côte d'Ivoire 140.72 NG Nigeria 384.68
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

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

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