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Change air pollutant emissions in Nigeria

Nigeria: Change air pollutant emissions was 23.32 million in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
23.32 million
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
3rd
of 220 countries
All-time high
23.32 million
in 2022
All-time low
533,564
in 1750
Years of data
273
1750–2022

Change air pollutant emissions in Nigeria, 1750–2022

05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M175018862022

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2022, change air pollutant emissions in Nigeria stood at 23.32 million. That is the highest value across all 273 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, change air pollutant emissions in Nigeria peaked at 23.32 million in 2022 and was at its lowest, 533,564, in 1750.

That places Nigeria 3rd out of 220 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Change air pollutant emissions in Nigeria, year by year

Year Value Change
1750 533,564 —
1751 533,655 +0.0%
1752 533,747 +0.0%
1753 533,838 +0.0%
1754 533,930 +0.0%
1755 534,021 +0.0%
1756 534,113 +0.0%
1757 534,204 +0.0%
1758 534,295 +0.0%
1759 534,386 +0.0%
1760 534,477 +0.0%
1761 534,561 +0.0%
1762 534,644 +0.0%
1763 534,727 +0.0%
1764 534,810 +0.0%
1765 534,894 +0.0%
1766 534,977 +0.0%
1767 535,060 +0.0%
1768 535,142 +0.0%
1769 535,225 +0.0%
1770 535,308 +0.0%
1771 535,382 +0.0%
1772 535,456 +0.0%
1773 535,530 +0.0%
1774 535,604 +0.0%
1775 535,678 +0.0%
1776 535,752 +0.0%
1777 535,826 +0.0%
1778 535,900 +0.0%
1779 535,973 +0.0%
1780 536,047 +0.0%
1781 536,111 +0.0%
1782 536,175 +0.0%
1783 536,239 +0.0%
1784 536,303 +0.0%
1785 536,367 +0.0%
1786 536,430 +0.0%
1787 536,494 +0.0%
1788 536,558 +0.0%
1789 536,621 +0.0%
1790 536,684 +0.0%
1791 536,737 +0.0%
1792 536,790 +0.0%
1793 536,843 +0.0%
1794 536,896 +0.0%
1795 536,948 +0.0%
1796 537,001 +0.0%
1797 537,053 +0.0%
1798 537,105 +0.0%
1799 537,158 +0.0%
1800 537,210 +0.0%
1801 537,250 +0.0%
1802 537,291 +0.0%
1803 537,331 +0.0%
1804 537,371 +0.0%
1805 537,412 +0.0%
1806 537,452 +0.0%
1807 537,492 +0.0%
1808 537,532 +0.0%
1809 537,571 +0.0%
1810 537,611 +0.0%
1811 537,910 +0.1%
1812 538,209 +0.1%
1813 538,507 +0.1%
1814 538,805 +0.1%
1815 539,103 +0.1%
1816 539,400 +0.1%
1817 539,698 +0.1%
1818 539,995 +0.1%
1819 540,291 +0.1%
1820 540,588 +0.1%
1821 540,873 +0.1%
1822 541,158 +0.1%
1823 541,443 +0.1%
1824 541,728 +0.1%
1825 542,012 +0.1%
1826 542,296 +0.1%
1827 542,579 +0.1%
1828 542,863 +0.1%
1829 543,146 +0.1%
1830 543,429 +0.1%
1831 543,699 +0.0%
1832 543,969 +0.0%
1833 544,238 +0.0%
1834 544,507 +0.0%
1835 544,776 +0.0%
1836 545,045 +0.0%
1837 545,313 +0.0%
1838 545,581 +0.0%
1839 545,848 +0.0%
1840 546,116 +0.0%
1841 546,369 +0.0%
1842 546,621 +0.0%
1843 546,873 +0.0%
1844 547,125 +0.0%
1845 547,377 +0.0%
1846 547,628 +0.0%
1847 547,879 +0.0%
1848 548,129 +0.0%
1849 548,379 +0.0%
1850 548,314 -0.0%
1851 554,071 +1.0%
1852 559,821 +1.0%
1853 565,565 +1.0%
1854 571,300 +1.0%
1855 577,025 +1.0%
1856 582,754 +1.0%
1857 588,472 +1.0%
1858 594,176 +1.0%
1859 599,866 +1.0%
1860 605,541 +0.9%
1861 611,216 +0.9%
1862 616,874 +0.9%
1863 622,517 +0.9%
1864 628,142 +0.9%
1865 633,750 +0.9%
1866 639,327 +0.9%
1867 644,887 +0.9%
1868 650,429 +0.9%
1869 655,955 +0.8%
1870 661,465 +0.8%
1871 670,597 +1.4%
1872 677,053 +1.0%
1873 683,494 +1.0%
1874 689,922 +0.9%
1875 696,338 +0.9%
1876 702,872 +0.9%
1877 709,397 +0.9%
1878 715,914 +0.9%
1879 722,423 +0.9%
1880 728,928 +0.9%
1881 735,559 +0.9%
1882 742,189 +0.9%
1883 748,819 +0.9%
1884 755,451 +0.9%
1885 762,089 +0.9%
1886 768,878 +0.9%
1887 775,678 +0.9%
1888 782,489 +0.9%
1889 789,315 +0.9%
1890 796,158 +0.9%
1891 803,181 +0.9%
1892 810,228 +0.9%
1893 817,300 +0.9%
1894 824,401 +0.9%
1895 831,534 +0.9%
1896 838,877 +0.9%
1897 846,258 +0.9%
1898 853,681 +0.9%
1899 861,148 +0.9%
1900 868,664 +0.9%
1901 880,512 +1.4%
1902 892,568 +1.4%
1903 904,836 +1.4%
1904 917,318 +1.4%
1905 930,018 +1.4%
1906 943,204 +1.4%
1907 956,629 +1.4%
1908 970,298 +1.4%
1909 984,214 +1.4%
1910 998,381 +1.4%
1911 1.07 million +7.6%
1912 1.11 million +3.7%
1913 1.11 million -0.7%
1914 1.13 million +2.0%
1915 1.15 million +2.0%
1916 1.18 million +2.4%
1917 1.21 million +2.6%
1918 1.24 million +2.5%
1919 1.27 million +2.2%
1920 1.30 million +2.4%
1921 1.34 million +3.6%
1922 1.38 million +3.0%
1923 1.43 million +3.6%
1924 1.48 million +3.4%
1925 1.53 million +3.4%
1926 1.59 million +3.6%
1927 1.64 million +3.3%
1928 1.69 million +3.1%
1929 1.74 million +3.0%
1930 1.79 million +3.0%
1931 1.85 million +3.1%
1932 1.90 million +2.8%
1933 1.96 million +3.0%
1934 2.02 million +3.1%
1935 2.08 million +3.0%
1936 2.14 million +3.1%
1937 2.20 million +2.7%
1938 2.25 million +2.3%
1939 2.30 million +2.1%
1940 2.35 million +2.2%
1941 2.41 million +2.6%
1942 2.47 million +2.7%
1943 2.53 million +2.4%
1944 2.60 million +2.6%
1945 2.64 million +1.8%
1946 2.71 million +2.5%
1947 2.76 million +2.0%
1948 2.82 million +2.1%
1949 2.87 million +1.7%
1950 2.94 million +2.5%
1951 3.07 million +4.3%
1952 3.24 million +5.4%
1953 3.39 million +4.8%
1954 3.54 million +4.5%
1955 3.70 million +4.3%
1956 3.83 million +3.7%
1957 3.96 million +3.5%
1958 4.10 million +3.6%
1959 4.23 million +3.0%
1960 4.36 million +3.0%
1961 4.56 million +4.7%
1962 4.76 million +4.3%
1963 4.96 million +4.1%
1964 5.18 million +4.6%
1965 5.43 million +4.8%
1966 5.55 million +2.2%
1967 5.64 million +1.6%
1968 5.64 million -0.0%
1969 5.76 million +2.2%
1970 5.91 million +2.6%
1971 5.77 million -2.3%
1972 6.05 million +4.8%
1973 6.34 million +4.8%
1974 6.69 million +5.5%
1975 6.88 million +2.9%
1976 7.26 million +5.6%
1977 7.60 million +4.6%
1978 7.95 million +4.6%
1979 8.36 million +5.2%
1980 8.68 million +3.8%
1981 8.81 million +1.6%
1982 9.03 million +2.5%
1983 9.26 million +2.5%
1984 9.49 million +2.6%
1985 9.78 million +3.0%
1986 10.02 million +2.5%
1987 10.32 million +2.9%
1988 10.70 million +3.7%
1989 11.03 million +3.1%
1990 11.10 million +0.6%
1991 11.49 million +3.5%
1992 11.90 million +3.6%
1993 12.11 million +1.7%
1994 12.36 million +2.1%
1995 12.73 million +3.0%
1996 13.10 million +2.9%
1997 13.52 million +3.2%
1998 14.57 million +7.8%
1999 14.12 million -3.1%
2000 14.87 million +5.3%
2001 15.81 million +6.4%
2002 15.49 million -2.1%
2003 15.70 million +1.4%
2004 15.98 million +1.8%
2005 16.89 million +5.7%
2006 16.91 million +0.1%
2007 17.63 million +4.3%
2008 18.01 million +2.2%
2009 18.23 million +1.2%
2010 19.06 million +4.6%
2011 19.78 million +3.8%
2012 20.75 million +4.9%
2013 21.24 million +2.4%
2014 21.80 million +2.6%
2015 22.10 million +1.4%
2016 22.68 million +2.6%
2017 23.13 million +2.0%
2018 23.17 million +0.2%
2019 23.27 million +0.4%
2020 23.09 million -0.7%
2021 23.27 million +0.8%
2022 23.32 million +0.2%

Nigeria compared with similar countries

  • Nigeria's 23.32 million is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 486,552, 47.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Nigeria's 23.32 million is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 552,241, 42.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1750s 533,975 533,564 534,386 10
1760s 534,852 534,477 535,225 10
1770s 535,641 535,308 535,973 10
1780s 536,334 536,047 536,621 10
1790s 536,922 536,684 537,158 10
1800s 537,391 537,210 537,571 10
1810s 538,953 537,611 540,291 10
1820s 541,869 540,588 543,146 10
1830s 544,640 543,429 545,848 10
1840s 547,250 546,116 548,379 10
1850s 574,136 548,314 599,866 10
1860s 630,864 605,541 655,955 10
1870s 692,948 661,465 722,423 10
1880s 758,940 728,928 789,315 10
1890s 828,277 796,158 861,148 10
1900s 924,826 868,664 984,214 10
1910s 1.15 million 998,381 1.27 million 10
1920s 1.51 million 1.30 million 1.74 million 10
1930s 2.05 million 1.79 million 2.30 million 10
1940s 2.62 million 2.35 million 2.87 million 10
1950s 3.60 million 2.94 million 4.23 million 10
1960s 5.18 million 4.36 million 5.76 million 10
1970s 6.88 million 5.77 million 8.36 million 10
1980s 9.71 million 8.68 million 11.03 million 10
1990s 12.70 million 11.10 million 14.57 million 10
2000s 16.55 million 14.87 million 18.23 million 10
2010s 21.70 million 19.06 million 23.27 million 10
2020s 23.23 million 23.09 million 23.32 million 3

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 1 China 131.31 million compare
  2. 2 India 46.97 million compare
  3. 4 United States 21.97 million compare
  4. 5 Pakistan 13.68 million compare
  5. 6 Indonesia 13.06 million compare

See the full ranking of 220 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is change air pollutant emissions in Nigeria?
Change air pollutant emissions in Nigeria was 23.32 million in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest change air pollutant emissions recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 23.32 million in 2022.
What is the lowest change air pollutant emissions recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 533,564 in 1750.
How does Nigeria rank for change air pollutant emissions?
Nigeria ranks 3rd out of 220 countries with data for 2022.
Is change air pollutant emissions rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change air pollutant emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Change air pollutant emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
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