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Nigeria Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
350,555,354
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+3.78%
increase
Global Share
0.66%
Per Capita
1.54
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Nigeria were 350,555,354 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 3.78% over the previous year, representing an increase by 12,778,609 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 337,776,745 tons.
  • Per capita: 1.54 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Nigeria accounts for 0.66% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 350,555,354 131,910,141 175,132,076 28,963,756 14,549,382 1.54 3.78% 0.66%
2023 337,776,745 125,868,697 169,866,115 28,409,651 13,632,283 1.52 0.9% 0.64%
2022 334,769,913 129,041,745 164,783,188 28,232,896 12,712,084 1.54 −2.33% 0.65%
2021 342,747,095 130,900,456 171,329,311 28,719,243 11,798,085 1.62 2.72% 0.67%
2020 333,684,676 118,917,767 176,822,797 27,083,270 10,860,843 1.62 −7.33% 0.68%
2019 360,085,697 126,106,089 197,857,848 26,170,273 9,951,486 1.79 3.91% 0.71%
2018 346,528,712 121,408,202 190,249,814 25,810,978 9,059,718 1.77 3.59% 0.69%
2017 334,534,145 116,039,810 185,022,293 25,420,791 8,051,251 1.75 −0.66% 0.68%
2016 336,750,080 123,479,633 181,942,006 24,105,022 7,223,418 1.81 −1.65% 0.69%
2015 342,397,522 118,453,944 194,562,425 22,996,739 6,384,414 1.89 −1.22% 0.71%
2014 346,617,594 122,726,087 194,943,721 23,136,387 5,811,399 1.96 3.34% 0.71%
2013 335,404,816 114,609,479 191,851,337 23,587,068 5,356,933 1.95 1.12% 0.70%
2012 331,692,696 102,255,841 202,066,173 22,160,867 5,209,814 1.98 0.45% 0.70%
2011 330,195,223 104,021,670 199,155,244 21,920,794 5,097,515 2.03 6.68% 0.71%
2010 309,519,533 94,403,598 188,958,680 21,111,544 5,045,710 1.95 7.7% 0.68%
2009 287,388,864 80,917,422 181,897,876 19,523,678 5,049,888 1.86 −5.41% 0.67%
2008 303,821,463 91,584,688 187,640,999 19,716,748 4,879,028 2.02 1.72% 0.70%
2007 298,671,437 84,384,758 191,442,516 18,139,555 4,704,608 2.04 −7.82% 0.69%
2006 324,010,934 92,724,620 208,715,861 17,956,421 4,614,033 2.27 −7.85% 0.77%
2005 351,604,324 102,969,646 226,544,787 17,699,422 4,390,469 2.53 −2.33% 0.86%
2004 359,991,127 103,947,913 235,308,602 17,037,191 3,697,420 2.66 −2.49% 0.91%
2003 369,186,431 107,615,354 241,666,862 16,786,333 3,117,882 2.8 10.92% 0.97%
2002 332,827,386 96,219,323 217,826,529 16,233,712 2,547,822 2.59 −13.75% 0.91%
2001 385,887,744 106,344,123 261,237,017 16,248,516 2,058,088 3.08 1.58% 1.07%
2000 379,867,855 100,194,876 262,727,452 15,402,219 1,543,308 3.1 9.78% 1.06%
1999 346,031,306 89,987,266 239,893,291 15,243,071 907,679 2.9 −3.59% 0.99%
1998 358,915,499 91,351,816 252,025,538 14,888,842 649,302 3.08 −8.21% 1.03%
1997 391,038,848 100,822,082 275,441,446 14,310,247 465,073 3.44 −6.23% 1.13%
1996 417,040,551 103,632,865 298,795,797 14,274,786 337,103 3.77 16.29% 1.22%
1995 358,626,255 88,853,085 255,786,820 13,776,688 209,662 3.32 9.75% 1.07%
1994 326,775,021 80,897,664 232,043,216 13,668,157 165,984 3.1 7.85% 1.00%
1993 303,000,437 86,651,668 202,824,928 13,385,068 138,772 2.95 1.2% 0.94%
1992 299,393,790 89,106,029 197,084,668 13,046,297 156,796 2.99 8.71% 0.93%
1991 275,414,262 81,346,325 181,204,952 12,685,460 177,525 2.82 5.6% 0.85%
1990 260,815,631 75,111,127 173,117,956 12,343,625 242,924 2.74 0.34% 0.81%
1989 259,930,857 79,516,120 167,947,716 12,265,136 201,884 2.8 10.43% 0.81%
1988 235,376,562 77,023,160 146,296,997 11,886,116 170,289 2.6 8.72% 0.75%
1987 216,490,656 67,741,781 137,039,978 11,566,001 142,896 2.46 −5.48% 0.71%
1986 229,048,476 71,545,929 145,829,041 11,557,601 115,904 2.67 −1.4% 0.77%
1985 232,290,988 73,221,716 147,667,827 11,309,840 91,605 2.78 5.51% 0.80%
1984 220,165,244 70,304,495 138,743,183 11,032,169 85,397 2.7 5.76% 0.76%
1983 208,170,204 69,989,313 127,253,796 10,850,884 76,211 2.62 −1.63% 0.74%
1982 211,611,420 69,895,543 130,894,164 10,750,244 71,469 2.73 −5.76% 0.76%
1981 224,537,204 73,311,371 140,745,269 10,416,050 64,514 2.97 −21.64% 0.80%
1980 286,549,857 89,600,604 186,670,746 10,247,217 31,290 3.9 −8.2% 1.01%
1979 312,143,142 99,421,319 202,911,082 9,784,891 25,850 4.37 24.8% 1.09%
1978 250,112,498 69,537,420 171,266,445 9,289,597 19,035 3.61 −4.08% 0.89%
1977 260,750,891 66,467,361 185,230,494 9,038,935 14,100 3.88 −2.08% 0.96%
1976 266,285,820 75,202,571 182,274,719 8,798,659 9,870 4.08 14.76% 1.00%
1975 232,045,381 64,011,930 159,754,048 8,273,763 5,640 3.66 −18.88% 0.91%
1974 286,067,297 84,001,954 193,977,351 8,082,351 5,640 4.64 13.32% 1.13%
1973 252,436,374 66,442,291 178,320,417 7,668,026 5,640 4.2 13.56% 0.99%
1972 222,299,136 55,251,349 159,844,579 7,197,568 5,640 3.79 18.74% 0.92%
1971 187,211,946 42,630,157 137,558,909 7,017,240 5,640 3.27 8.61% 0.80%
1970 172,370,798 28,848,265 136,750,643 6,766,250 5,640 3.08 – 0.74%

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).