Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Nigeria

Nitrous oxide emissions in Nigeria in 2024 — 41.96 Mt. Ranked 190 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 6,315.4%.

2024 41.96 Mt +0.32% vs 2023
World rank 190of 201
Period maximum 42.04 Mt2020
Period minimum 0.65 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Nigeria, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.65 Mt1853: 0.69 Mt1856: 0.71 Mt1859: 0.73 Mt1862: 0.74 Mt1865: 0.75 Mt1868: 0.76 Mt1871: 0.78 Mt1874: 0.86 Mt1877: 0.98 Mt1880: 1.05 Mt1883: 1.08 Mt1886: 1.1 Mt1889: 1.12 Mt1892: 1.2 Mt1895: 1.24 Mt1898: 1.29 Mt1901: 1.35 Mt1904: 1.41 Mt1907: 1.48 Mt1910: 1.55 Mt1913: 1.66 Mt1916: 1.83 Mt1919: 2.01 Mt1922: 2.18 Mt1925: 2.37 Mt1928: 2.53 Mt1931: 2.59 Mt1934: 2.57 Mt1937: 2.55 Mt1940: 2.58 Mt1943: 3.74 Mt1946: 5.99 Mt1949: 7.74 Mt1952: 7.83 Mt1955: 7.1 Mt1958: 6.37 Mt1961: 7 Mt1964: 7.7 Mt1967: 8.31 Mt1970: 9.58 Mt1973: 10.64 Mt1976: 11.55 Mt1979: 12.87 Mt1982: 14.79 Mt1985: 15.75 Mt1988: 17.79 Mt1991: 20.57 Mt1994: 21.89 Mt1997: 23.92 Mt2000: 26.1 Mt2003: 27.74 Mt2006: 29.95 Mt2009: 29.7 Mt2012: 34.2 Mt2015: 35.73 Mt2018: 39.53 Mt2021: 41.86 Mt2024: 41.96 Mt
Change over the period: +41.3 (+6,315.44%) Average annual rate: 2.42 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nigeria 41.96 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 448.4 Mt
Western Africa computed 116.35 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 802.16 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 41.96 +0.13 +0.32%
2023 41.82 +1.02 +2.49%
2022 40.81 −1.05 −2.51%
2021 41.86 −0.18 −0.43%
2020 42.04 +1.86 +4.63%
2019 40.18 +0.65 +1.64%
2018 39.53 +0.3 +0.76%
2017 39.23 +1.09 +2.84%
2016 38.15 +2.42 +6.77%
2015 35.73 −0.02 −0.04%
2014 35.75 +0.48 +1.36%
2013 35.27 +1.07 +3.13%
2012 34.2 +1.19 +3.59%
2011 33.01 +1.02 +3.17%
2010 31.99 +2.3 +7.74%
2009 29.7 −0.63 −2.07%
2008 30.33 +0.69 +2.34%
2007 29.63 −0.32 −1.07%
2006 29.95 −0.11 −0.37%
2005 30.07 +2.11 +7.54%
2004 27.96 +0.22 +0.8%
2003 27.74 +1.21 +4.57%
2002 26.52 +0.28 +1.07%
2001 26.24 +0.14 +0.54%
2000 26.1 +0.32 +1.25%
1999 25.78 +0.26 +1.02%
1998 25.52 +1.6 +6.67%
1997 23.92 +0.47 +2.01%
1996 23.45 +1.29 +5.81%
1995 22.17 +0.27 +1.25%
1994 21.89 +0.45 +2.08%
1993 21.45 +0.42 +1.98%
1992 21.03 +0.46 +2.26%
1991 20.57 +0.48 +2.39%
1990 20.09 +1.14 +6.01%
1989 18.95 +1.16 +6.52%
1988 17.79 +0.6 +3.47%
1987 17.19 +0.56 +3.37%
1986 16.63 +0.88 +5.61%
1985 15.75 +0.3 +1.94%
1984 15.45 +0.49 +3.29%
1983 14.96 +0.17 +1.15%
1982 14.79 +1.04 +7.57%
1981 13.75 −0.19 −1.39%
1980 13.94 +1.07 +8.28%
1979 12.87 +0.72 +5.92%
1978 12.15 +0.1 +0.81%
1977 12.06 +0.5 +4.35%
1976 11.55 +0.58 +5.26%
1975 10.98 +0.26 +2.44%
1974 10.72 +0.07 +0.67%
1973 10.64 +0.81 +8.18%
1972 9.84 +0.09 +0.92%
1971 9.75 +0.17 +1.8%
1970 9.58 +0.43 +4.74%
1969 9.14 +0.53 +6.14%
1968 8.62 +0.3 +3.62%
1967 8.31 +0.32 +3.96%
1966 8 +0.02 +0.2%
1965 7.98 +0.28 +3.69%
1964 7.7 +0.25 +3.33%
1963 7.45 +0.23 +3.23%
1962 7.22 +0.22 +3.12%
1961 7 +0.75 +11.91%
1960 6.25 −0 −0.06%
1959 6.26 −0.12 −1.8%
1958 6.37 −0.2 −3%
1957 6.57 −0.25 −3.71%
1956 6.82 −0.28 −3.94%
1955 7.1 −0.28 −3.78%
1954 7.38 −0.25 −3.3%
1953 7.63 −0.2 −2.49%
1952 7.83 −0.11 −1.41%
1951 7.94 −0 −0.01%
1950 7.94 +0.2 +2.57%
1949 7.74 +0.43 +5.91%
1948 7.31 +0.6 +9.01%
1947 6.71 +0.72 +11.99%
1946 5.99 +0.77 +14.82%
1945 5.22 +0.77 +17.3%
1944 4.45 +0.71 +18.91%
1943 3.74 +0.59 +18.55%
1942 3.15 +0.41 +14.77%
1941 2.75 +0.17 +6.43%
1940 2.58 +0.02 +0.78%
1939 2.56 +0.01 +0.39%
1938 2.55 +0 +0.04%
1937 2.55 −0 −0.2%
1936 2.56 −0.01 −0.31%
1935 2.56 −0.01 −0.39%
1934 2.57 −0.01 −0.39%
1933 2.58 −0 −0.19%
1932 2.59 +0 +0%
1931 2.59 +0.01 +0.31%
1930 2.58 +0.02 +0.82%
1929 2.56 +0.03 +1.35%
1928 2.53 +0.04 +1.77%
1927 2.48 +0.05 +2.18%
1926 2.43 +0.06 +2.53%
1925 2.37 +0.06 +2.73%
1924 2.31 +0.06 +2.85%
1923 2.24 +0.06 +2.94%
1922 2.18 +0.06 +2.88%
1921 2.12 +0.06 +2.67%
1920 2.06 +0.05 +2.69%
1919 2.01 +0.06 +2.92%
1918 1.95 +0.06 +3.17%
1917 1.89 +0.06 +3.28%
1916 1.83 +0.06 +3.33%
1915 1.77 +0.06 +3.26%
1914 1.72 +0.05 +3.13%
1913 1.66 +0.05 +2.84%
1912 1.62 +0.04 +2.47%
1911 1.58 +0.03 +1.87%
1910 1.55 +0.02 +1.57%
1909 1.53 +0.02 +1.6%
1908 1.5 +0.02 +1.62%
1907 1.48 +0.02 +1.65%
1906 1.45 +0.02 +1.61%
1905 1.43 +0.02 +1.56%
1904 1.41 +0.02 +1.59%
1903 1.39 +0.02 +1.54%
1902 1.37 +0.02 +1.49%
1901 1.35 +0.02 +1.43%
1900 1.33 +0.02 +1.38%
1899 1.31 +0.02 +1.32%
1898 1.29 +0.02 +1.33%
1897 1.28 +0.02 +1.35%
1896 1.26 +0.02 +1.29%
1895 1.24 +0.02 +1.31%
1894 1.23 +0.01 +1.24%
1893 1.21 +0.01 +1.17%
1892 1.2 +0.01 +1.18%
1891 1.18 +0.01 +1.11%
1890 1.17 +0.05 +4.09%
1889 1.12 +0.01 +0.72%
1888 1.12 +0.01 +0.63%
1887 1.11 +0.01 +0.64%
1886 1.1 +0.01 +0.64%
1885 1.1 +0.01 +0.64%
1884 1.09 +0.01 +0.74%
1883 1.08 +0.01 +0.84%
1882 1.07 +0.01 +0.85%
1881 1.06 +0.01 +1.05%
1880 1.05 +0.02 +1.64%
1879 1.03 +0.03 +2.58%
1878 1.01 +0.03 +3.28%
1877 0.98 +0.04 +3.94%
1876 0.94 +0.04 +4.22%
1875 0.9 +0.04 +4.4%
1874 0.86 +0.03 +4.1%
1873 0.83 +0.03 +3.62%
1872 0.8 +0.02 +2.56%
1871 0.78 +0.01 +1.3%
1870 0.77 +0 +0.52%
1869 0.77 +0 +0.39%
1868 0.76 +0 +0.53%
1867 0.76 +0 +0.4%
1866 0.76 +0 +0.4%
1865 0.75 +0 +0.4%
1864 0.75 +0 +0.54%
1863 0.75 +0 +0.4%
1862 0.74 +0 +0.54%
1861 0.74 +0 +0.41%
1860 0.74 +0.01 +0.68%
1859 0.73 +0.01 +0.69%
1858 0.73 +0.01 +0.97%
1857 0.72 +0.01 +0.98%
1856 0.71 +0.01 +1.28%
1855 0.7 +0.01 +1.3%
1854 0.69 +0.01 +1.31%
1853 0.69 +0.01 +1.48%
1852 0.68 +0.01 +1.5%
1851 0.67 +0.01 +1.68%
1850 0.65

About the indicator

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent. The third greenhouse gas by contribution after CO2 and methane, and the most agricultural of the three: most of it forms in the soil after nitrogen fertilizer and manure are applied. It stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and destroys the ozone layer as well, so after the phase-out of CFCs it has remained the leading ozone-depleting substance.

Important: Estimates of emissions from soil are inevitably approximate: they depend on soil type, moisture and the way fertilizer is applied, and they are measured by models rather than by sensors.

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