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Niger Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
41,146,147
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2.68%
increase
Global Share
0.08%
Per Capita
1.47
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Niger were 41,146,147 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2.68% over the previous year, representing an increase by 1,073,900 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 40,072,247 tons.
  • Per capita: 1.47 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Niger accounts for 0.08% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 41,146,147 3,214,248 27,270,742 10,022,883 638,274 1.47 2.68% 0.077%
2023 40,072,247 3,162,896 26,576,651 9,735,887 596,813 1.49 −3.11% 0.076%
2022 41,358,732 3,217,778 27,477,882 10,107,881 555,191 1.59 5.52% 0.080%
2021 39,193,970 2,858,795 26,214,919 9,606,366 513,890 1.57 5.38% 0.077%
2020 37,194,710 2,409,613 25,115,021 9,198,598 471,478 1.54 4.72% 0.076%
2019 35,517,359 2,373,067 23,963,811 8,750,156 430,325 1.53 5.54% 0.070%
2018 33,652,832 2,027,845 22,890,685 8,344,314 389,987 1.51 4.67% 0.067%
2017 32,150,330 1,973,907 21,888,028 7,944,152 344,243 1.5 3.92% 0.065%
2016 30,938,854 2,167,359 20,898,558 7,566,071 306,866 1.5 4.57% 0.064%
2015 29,588,025 2,169,784 19,955,857 7,193,411 268,972 1.49 3.68% 0.061%
2014 28,538,709 2,202,015 19,210,637 6,882,658 243,398 1.49 4.76% 0.059%
2013 27,242,566 2,037,098 18,427,576 6,554,593 223,299 1.48 5.22% 0.057%
2012 25,890,468 2,055,086 17,416,319 6,201,803 217,261 1.46 7.34% 0.055%
2011 24,120,189 1,473,837 16,544,101 5,889,187 213,064 1.41 3.44% 0.052%
2010 23,318,826 1,441,818 15,996,808 5,668,596 211,604 1.42 −0.93% 0.051%
2009 23,538,279 1,134,046 16,425,483 5,765,895 212,856 1.49 4.58% 0.055%
2008 22,507,062 910,191 15,874,282 5,516,677 205,912 1.48 4.14% 0.052%
2007 21,612,053 870,497 15,298,796 5,244,753 198,007 1.47 4.13% 0.050%
2006 20,754,661 801,559 14,762,666 4,996,579 193,857 1.47 3.55% 0.049%
2005 20,043,332 798,774 14,266,258 4,794,571 183,730 1.47 3.76% 0.049%
2004 19,316,250 832,697 13,761,252 4,568,474 153,827 1.47 4.42% 0.049%
2003 18,499,146 796,785 13,193,467 4,379,902 128,992 1.46 4.52% 0.049%
2002 17,699,899 733,533 12,670,339 4,191,605 104,423 1.45 4.4% 0.048%
2001 16,954,348 706,069 12,162,274 4,003,073 82,931 1.44 4.61% 0.047%
2000 16,206,449 701,590 11,636,756 3,807,566 60,537 1.43 2.28% 0.045%
1999 15,844,596 680,458 11,443,756 3,687,031 33,351 1.45 3.93% 0.045%
1998 15,246,137 694,121 10,996,961 3,532,186 22,870 1.44 4.56% 0.044%
1997 14,580,927 641,975 10,578,524 3,343,623 16,804 1.43 5.38% 0.042%
1996 13,836,579 638,535 10,010,036 3,175,831 12,177 1.41 4.95% 0.040%
1995 13,184,392 551,855 9,590,841 3,033,934 7,762 1.39 4.22% 0.039%
1994 12,650,185 571,329 9,196,408 2,877,928 4,520 1.38 3.09% 0.039%
1993 12,271,206 681,993 8,833,742 2,753,550 1,921 1.39 5.91% 0.038%
1992 11,586,277 561,274 8,425,052 2,598,760 1,190 1.36 3.85% 0.036%
1991 11,156,520 591,900 8,093,325 2,470,543 752 1.35 3.89% 0.035%
1990 10,738,679 620,477 7,765,198 2,352,888 116 1.34 1.97% 0.033%
1989 10,531,263 820,008 7,449,859 2,261,396 0 1.36 3.75% 0.033%
1988 10,150,159 799,561 7,185,833 2,164,765 0 1.35 3.8% 0.032%
1987 9,779,002 774,144 6,955,146 2,049,712 0 1.34 3.06% 0.032%
1986 9,488,211 780,349 6,741,502 1,966,360 0 1.33 3.31% 0.032%
1985 9,184,393 598,055 6,637,475 1,948,863 0 1.33 −13.62% 0.032%
1984 10,632,740 581,017 7,708,665 2,343,057 0 1.58 −27.12% 0.037%
1983 14,588,854 692,855 10,571,299 3,324,701 0 2.23 5.27% 0.052%
1982 13,858,239 630,140 10,080,842 3,147,256 0 2.18 4.56% 0.050%
1981 13,254,005 601,603 9,658,722 2,993,679 0 2.15 5.19% 0.047%
1980 12,600,443 513,330 9,241,824 2,845,289 0 2.1 4.36% 0.044%
1979 12,073,976 413,531 8,926,540 2,733,906 0 2.08 3.61% 0.042%
1978 11,653,638 385,094 8,645,872 2,622,672 0 2.06 3.63% 0.042%
1977 11,245,027 350,449 8,375,092 2,519,485 0 2.05 9.97% 0.041%
1976 10,225,945 314,689 7,589,626 2,321,631 0 1.92 7.8% 0.038%
1975 9,485,598 289,529 7,051,139 2,144,929 0 1.83 7.04% 0.037%
1974 8,862,135 249,535 6,620,315 1,992,285 0 1.76 0.67% 0.035%
1973 8,803,103 266,631 6,614,671 1,921,801 0 1.8 −23.78% 0.035%
1972 11,549,208 226,732 8,685,905 2,636,571 0 2.42 1.84% 0.048%
1971 11,340,283 206,687 8,546,851 2,586,746 0 2.45 2.89% 0.049%
1970 11,021,872 210,453 8,305,487 2,505,932 0 2.44 – 0.047%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).