CO2 emissions from oil — all countries

CO2 emissions from oil — Nigeria

CO2 emissions from oil in Nigeria in 2024 — 68.94 Mt. Ranked 185 in the world out of 213.

2024 68.94 Mt +3.9% vs 2023
World rank 185of 213
Period maximum 82.84 Mt2021
Period minimum 0 Mt1915

Trend over time

1915–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from oil — Nigeria, 1915–20240255075100191519261937194819591970198119922003201420241915: 0 Mt1917: 0 Mt1919: 0 Mt1921: 0 Mt1923: 0 Mt1925: 0 Mt1927: 0 Mt1929: 0 Mt1931: 0 Mt1933: 0 Mt1935: 0 Mt1937: 0 Mt1939: 0 Mt1941: 0 Mt1943: 0 Mt1945: 0 Mt1947: 0 Mt1949: 0 Mt1951: 0.56 Mt1953: 0.71 Mt1955: 0.95 Mt1957: 1.26 Mt1959: 1.7 Mt1961: 2.46 Mt1963: 2.46 Mt1965: 4.26 Mt1967: 6.63 Mt1969: 3.75 Mt1971: 6.41 Mt1973: 8.58 Mt1975: 9.62 Mt1977: 8.83 Mt1979: 13.71 Mt1981: 24.96 Mt1983: 29.45 Mt1985: 35.5 Mt1987: 26.91 Mt1989: 32.58 Mt1991: 31.18 Mt1993: 33.01 Mt1995: 22.24 Mt1997: 29.29 Mt1999: 26.92 Mt2001: 37.2 Mt2003: 34.2 Mt2005: 39.79 Mt2007: 27.26 Mt2009: 27.25 Mt2011: 69.44 Mt2013: 62.25 Mt2015: 54.11 Mt2017: 58.48 Mt2019: 68 Mt2021: 82.84 Mt2023: 66.35 Mt2024: 68.94 Mt
Change over the period: +68.94

Comparison, 2024

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

Nigeria 68.94 Mt
World computed 11,276.42 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 322.67 Mt
Western Africa computed 133.53 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,728.46 Mt
CO2 emissions from oil — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 68.94 +2.59 +3.9%
2023 66.35 −3.04 −4.38%
2022 69.38 −13.46 −16.25%
2021 82.84 +18.48 +28.72%
2020 64.36 −3.64 −5.36%
2019 68 +19.57 +40.4%
2018 48.44 −10.04 −17.17%
2017 58.48 −2.06 −3.41%
2016 60.54 +6.43 +11.88%
2015 54.11 −12.49 −18.76%
2014 66.6 +4.35 +6.99%
2013 62.25 +6.39 +11.45%
2012 55.86 −13.58 −19.56%
2011 69.44 +10.7 +18.22%
2010 58.74 +31.49 +115.54%
2009 27.25 −6.25 −18.65%
2008 33.5 +6.24 +22.89%
2007 27.26 −4.72 −14.76%
2006 31.98 −7.81 −19.64%
2005 39.79 +8.95 +29%
2004 30.85 −3.36 −9.81%
2003 34.2 −3.37 −8.97%
2002 37.57 +0.37 +0.99%
2001 37.2 +5.66 +17.96%
2000 31.54 +4.62 +17.15%
1999 26.92 +1.33 +5.21%
1998 25.59 −3.71 −12.65%
1997 29.29 +3.76 +14.74%
1996 25.53 +3.29 +14.8%
1995 22.24 −1.29 −5.48%
1994 23.53 −9.48 −28.72%
1993 33.01 −2.1 −5.97%
1992 35.1 +3.92 +12.56%
1991 31.18 +1.41 +4.73%
1990 29.78 −2.8 −8.6%
1989 32.58 −0.62 −1.86%
1988 33.2 +6.28 +23.35%
1987 26.91 −11.21 −29.41%
1986 38.12 +2.63 +7.39%
1985 35.5 −2.23 −5.92%
1984 37.73 +8.28 +28.13%
1983 29.45 +0.34 +1.17%
1982 29.11 +4.15 +16.63%
1981 24.96 +3.88 +18.4%
1980 21.08 +7.37 +53.7%
1979 13.71 +4.58 +50.08%
1978 9.14 +0.31 +3.5%
1977 8.83 −2.46 −21.81%
1976 11.29 +1.67 +17.36%
1975 9.62 −0.04 −0.37%
1974 9.66 +1.08 +12.56%
1973 8.58 +1.55 +21.98%
1972 7.03 +0.63 +9.82%
1971 6.41 +0.91 +16.62%
1970 5.49 +1.74 +46.53%
1969 3.75 +0.22 +6.33%
1968 3.53 −3.1 −46.82%
1967 6.63 +1.45 +28.08%
1966 5.18 +0.92 +21.62%
1965 4.26 +1.02 +31.61%
1964 3.23 +0.78 +31.69%
1963 2.46 +0.12 +5%
1962 2.34 −0.12 −4.77%
1961 2.46 +0.58 +31%
1960 1.87 +0.17 +10.11%
1959 1.7 +0.27 +18.52%
1958 1.44 +0.18 +14.24%
1957 1.26 +0.1 +9.02%
1956 1.15 +0.21 +22.01%
1955 0.95 +0.1 +11.7%
1954 0.85 +0.14 +19.83%
1953 0.71 +0.1 +15.55%
1952 0.61 +0.05 +9.69%
1951 0.56 +0.03 +5.49%
1950 0.53 +0.53
1949 0 +0
1948 0 +0
1947 0 +0
1946 0 +0
1945 0 +0
1944 0 +0
1943 0 +0
1942 0 +0
1941 0 +0
1940 0 +0
1939 0 +0
1938 0 +0
1937 0 +0
1936 0 +0
1935 0 +0
1934 0 +0
1933 0 +0
1932 0 +0
1931 0 +0
1930 0 +0
1929 0 +0
1928 0 +0
1927 0 +0
1926 0 +0
1925 0 +0
1924 0 +0
1923 0 +0
1922 0 +0
1921 0 +0
1920 0 +0
1919 0 +0
1918 0 +0
1917 0 +0
1916 0 +0
1915 0

About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from burning oil and petroleum products. Most of it comes from transport, and that makes this the most inert of the three fuel series: a power plant can be replaced within years, while a vehicle fleet turns over in a decade and a half. This is exactly why the shift to electric cars shows up in emissions with a long lag behind the share of electric cars in sales.

Important: Includes petrochemical feedstock burned as fuel, but not plastic: carbon that stays in products does not enter emissions until the products themselves are burned.

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