CO₂ emissions per capita: Nigeria
0.5837386 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 110 years from 1915 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.5837386 |
| 2023 | 0.5677305 |
| 2022 | 0.58902264 |
| 2021 | 0.6762326 |
| 2020 | 0.58365196 |
| 2019 | 0.61034876 |
| 2018 | 0.52106166 |
| 2017 | 0.5619865 |
| 2016 | 0.5955475 |
| 2015 | 0.57965857 |
| 2014 | 0.6668816 |
| 2013 | 0.648446 |
| 2012 | 0.62499523 |
| 2011 | 0.73588383 |
| 2010 | 0.67239475 |
| 2009 | 0.47535717 |
| 2008 | 0.5488045 |
| 2007 | 0.53612256 |
| 2006 | 0.60436517 |
| 2005 | 0.7010616 |
| 2004 | 0.67321587 |
| 2003 | 0.7290653 |
| 2002 | 0.6735968 |
| 2001 | 0.7717245 |
| 2000 | 0.7661745 |
| 1999 | 0.68947214 |
| 1998 | 0.720408 |
| 1997 | 0.81922936 |
| 1996 | 0.85945815 |
| 1995 | 0.7600689 |
| 1994 | 0.74451894 |
| 1993 | 0.42526343 |
| 1992 | 0.45091593 |
| 1991 | 0.41958869 |
| 1990 | 0.39935368 |
| 1989 | 0.44478953 |
| 1988 | 0.76447517 |
| 1987 | 0.6578994 |
| 1986 | 0.8380418 |
| 1985 | 0.8193528 |
| 1984 | 0.84019023 |
| 1983 | 0.74121547 |
| 1982 | 0.8332502 |
| 1981 | 0.86436915 |
| 1980 | 0.92167175 |
| 1979 | 0.98104185 |
| 1978 | 0.69503826 |
| 1977 | 0.75062805 |
| 1976 | 0.845213 |
| 1975 | 0.7461823 |
| 1974 | 1.0086124 |
| 1973 | 0.8240929 |
| 1972 | 0.7060493 |
| 1971 | 0.5636327 |
| 1970 | 0.38501486 |
| 1969 | 0.22148049 |
| 1968 | 0.124003604 |
| 1967 | 0.24524254 |
| 1966 | 0.2518789 |
| 1965 | 0.2345955 |
| 1964 | 0.14826362 |
| 1963 | 0.11138707 |
| 1962 | 0.0888954 |
| 1961 | 0.089358844 |
| 1960 | 0.07553578 |
| 1959 | 0.08071628 |
| 1958 | 0.08591362 |
| 1957 | 0.07488722 |
| 1956 | 0.07219781 |
| 1955 | 0.065876685 |
| 1954 | 0.064020984 |
| 1953 | 0.061779197 |
| 1952 | 0.05630923 |
| 1951 | 0.044360593 |
| 1950 | 0.060537588 |
| 1949 | 0.040691152 |
| 1948 | 0.045759745 |
| 1947 | 0.044394936 |
| 1946 | 0.04742192 |
| 1945 | 0.04071559 |
| 1944 | 0.04969419 |
| 1943 | 0.041634936 |
| 1942 | 0.03862446 |
| 1941 | 0.0312984 |
| 1940 | 0.026873969 |
| 1939 | 0.026830088 |
| 1938 | 0.032356925 |
| 1937 | 0.03296395 |
| 1936 | 0.026940694 |
| 1935 | 0.024163857 |
| 1934 | 0.024654057 |
| 1933 | 0.022664359 |
| 1932 | 0.024598658 |
| 1931 | 0.032529827 |
| 1930 | 0.03508436 |
| 1929 | 0.035350967 |
| 1928 | 0.03732089 |
| 1927 | 0.037915815 |
| 1926 | 0.034872472 |
| 1925 | 0.026089506 |
| 1924 | 0.022288626 |
| 1923 | 0.019736933 |
| 1922 | 0.012901388 |
| 1921 | 0.024603045 |
| 1920 | 0.021254402 |
| 1919 | 0.016333163 |
| 1918 | 0.017813101 |
| 1917 | 0.010060412 |
| 1916 | 0.0029996943 |
| 1915 | 0.00084196444 |