Nigeria CO2 Emissions

Fossil CO2 Emissions (2022)
122,750,410 tons
Yearly Change
−0.35%
Global Share
0.32%
Tons per capita
0.55

  • Fossil CO2 emissions in Nigeria were 122,750,410 tons in 2022.
  • CO2 emissions decreased by −0.35% over the previous year, representing a decrease by −432,900 tons over 2021, when CO2 emissions were 123,183,310 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in Nigeria are equivalent to 0.55 tons per person (based on a population of 223,150,896 in 2022), a decrease by −0.01 over the figure of 0.56 CO2 tons per person registered in 2021; this represents a change of −2.4% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Nigeria

Year Fossil CO2
emissions
(tons) 		CO2 emissions
change 		CO2 emissions
per capita 		Population Pop.
change 		Share of World's
CO2 emissions
2022 122,750,410 −0.35% 0.55 223,150,896 2.11% 0.32%
2021 123,183,310 6.13% 0.56 218,529,286 2.12% 0.32%
2020 116,073,340 −5.87% 0.54 213,996,181 2.15% 0.32%
2019 123,305,450 4.55% 0.59 209,485,641 2.22% 0.33%
2018 117,939,440 4.56% 0.58 204,938,755 2.34% 0.31%
2017 112,796,570 −0.62% 0.56 200,254,579 2.46% 0.31%
2016 113,496,800 3.62% 0.58 195,443,700 2.5% 0.31%
2015 109,528,810 −5.7% 0.57 190,671,878 2.57% 0.30%
2014 116,149,260 5.84% 0.62 185,896,915 2.68% 0.32%
2013 109,745,080 12.57% 0.61 181,049,443 2.75% 0.30%
2012 97,486,590 −2.91% 0.55 176,200,625 2.81% 0.28%
2011 100,406,540 10.17% 0.59 171,379,598 2.84% 0.29%
2010 91,134,010 16.79% 0.55 166,642,886 2.83% 0.27%
2009 78,033,680 −11.72% 0.48 162,049,464 2.83% 0.24%
2008 88,392,760 7.25% 0.56 157,595,014 2.82% 0.27%
2007 82,420,550 −8.57% 0.54 153,267,261 2.81% 0.26%
2006 90,144,130 −9.87% 0.6 149,077,334 2.8% 0.29%
2005 100,015,820 −1.96% 0.69 145,017,253 2.81% 0.33%
2004 102,020,290 −3.59% 0.72 141,057,045 2.81% 0.35%
2003 105,815,270 11.23% 0.77 137,202,644 2.8% 0.38%
2002 95,127,990 −9.53% 0.71 133,471,989 2.78% 0.36%
2001 105,147,840 5.7% 0.81 129,862,595 2.75% 0.41%
2000 99,476,230 10.78% 0.79 126,382,494 2.71% 0.39%
1999 89,797,690 −1.59% 0.73 123,047,320 2.67% 0.36%
1998 91,246,230 −9.52% 0.76 119,846,254 2.65% 0.37%
1997 100,851,370 −1.69% 0.86 116,754,792 2.64% 0.41%
1996 102,581,420 16.82% 0.9 113,754,779 2.65% 0.43%
1995 87,813,790 9.99% 0.79 110,819,428 2.67% 0.37%
1994 79,837,320 −6.87% 0.74 107,935,714 2.68% 0.35%
1993 85,724,090 −2.84% 0.82 105,122,069 2.69% 0.38%
1992 88,228,220 9.58% 0.86 102,372,770 2.66% 0.39%
1991 80,516,980 8.25% 0.81 99,720,162 2.68% 0.36%
1990 74,380,730 −5.44% 0.77 97,120,925 2.74% 0.33%
1989 78,659,740 2.14% 0.83 94,531,014 2.73% 0.35%
1988 77,014,050 13.71% 0.84 92,020,090 2.71% 0.35%
1987 67,730,250 −5.32% 0.76 89,591,716 2.7% 0.32%
1986 71,536,990 −2.29% 0.82 87,235,953 2.75% 0.35%
1985 73,212,450 4.15% 0.86 84,897,973 2.87% 0.36%
1984 70,293,450 0.45% 0.85 82,526,443 2.6% 0.35%
1983 69,975,610 0.13% 0.87 80,438,260 2.63% 0.36%
1982 69,883,020 −4.66% 0.89 78,378,701 3.04% 0.36%
1981 73,301,610 −18.19% 0.96 76,068,103 3.12% 0.38%
1980 89,601,710 −9.88% 1.21 73,764,641 3.17% 0.45%
1979 99,426,960 42.99% 1.39 71,498,242 3.13% 0.50%
1978 69,536,060 4.61% 1 69,326,532 3.11% 0.36%
1977 66,469,720 −11.61% 0.99 67,234,590 3.03% 0.35%

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