emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria

Nigeria: emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate was 0.2497 % change on previous year in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
0.2497 % change on previous year
Change on year
down 66.8%
World rank
112th
of 219 countries
All-time high
7.76 % change on previous year
in 1998
All-time low
-3.09 % change on previous year
in 1999
Years of data
272
1751–2022

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria, 1751–2022

-2.502.557.5175118862022

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria is 0.2497 % change on previous year, measured in 2022.

The figure is down 66.8% on the previous year and down 94.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria peaked at 7.76 % change on previous year in 1998 and was at its lowest, -3.09 % change on previous year, in 1999.

Nigeria ranks 112th of 219 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria, year by year

Annual values for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria, 1751 to 2022.
Year % change on previous year Change
1751 0.0171 % change on previous year —
1752 0.0172 % change on previous year +1.1%
1753 0.017 % change on previous year -1.1%
1754 0.0172 % change on previous year +1.1%
1755 0.017 % change on previous year -1.1%
1756 0.0172 % change on previous year +1.1%
1757 0.017 % change on previous year -1.1%
1758 0.017 % change on previous year -0.0%
1759 0.017 % change on previous year -0.0%
1760 0.017 % change on previous year -0.0%
1761 0.0157 % change on previous year -7.7%
1762 0.0155 % change on previous year -1.2%
1763 0.0155 % change on previous year -0.0%
1764 0.0155 % change on previous year -0.0%
1765 0.0157 % change on previous year +1.2%
1766 0.0155 % change on previous year -1.2%
1767 0.0155 % change on previous year -0.0%
1768 0.0153 % change on previous year -1.2%
1769 0.0155 % change on previous year +1.2%
1770 0.0155 % change on previous year -0.0%
1771 0.0138 % change on previous year -10.9%
1772 0.0138 % change on previous year -0.0%
1773 0.0138 % change on previous year -0.0%
1774 0.0138 % change on previous year -0.0%
1775 0.0138 % change on previous year -0.0%
1776 0.0138 % change on previous year -0.0%
1777 0.0138 % change on previous year -0.0%
1778 0.0138 % change on previous year -0.0%
1779 0.0136 % change on previous year -1.4%
1780 0.0138 % change on previous year +1.4%
1781 0.0119 % change on previous year -13.5%
1782 0.0119 % change on previous year -0.0%
1783 0.0119 % change on previous year -0.0%
1784 0.0119 % change on previous year -0.0%
1785 0.0119 % change on previous year -0.0%
1786 0.0117 % change on previous year -1.6%
1787 0.0119 % change on previous year +1.6%
1788 0.0119 % change on previous year -0.0%
1789 0.0117 % change on previous year -1.6%
1790 0.0117 % change on previous year -0.0%
1791 0.0099 % change on previous year -15.9%
1792 0.0099 % change on previous year -0.0%
1793 0.0099 % change on previous year -0.0%
1794 0.0099 % change on previous year -0.0%
1795 0.0097 % change on previous year -1.9%
1796 0.0099 % change on previous year +1.9%
1797 0.0097 % change on previous year -1.9%
1798 0.0097 % change on previous year -0.0%
1799 0.0099 % change on previous year +1.9%
1800 0.0097 % change on previous year -1.9%
1801 0.0074 % change on previous year -23.1%
1802 0.0076 % change on previous year +2.5%
1803 0.0074 % change on previous year -2.4%
1804 0.0074 % change on previous year -0.0%
1805 0.0076 % change on previous year +2.5%
1806 0.0074 % change on previous year -2.4%
1807 0.0074 % change on previous year -0.0%
1808 0.0074 % change on previous year -0.0%
1809 0.0073 % change on previous year -2.5%
1810 0.0074 % change on previous year +2.6%
1811 0.0556 % change on previous year +647.4%
1812 0.0556 % change on previous year -0.1%
1813 0.0554 % change on previous year -0.4%
1814 0.0553 % change on previous year -0.1%
1815 0.0553 % change on previous year -0.1%
1816 0.0551 % change on previous year -0.4%
1817 0.0552 % change on previous year +0.3%
1818 0.055 % change on previous year -0.4%
1819 0.0548 % change on previous year -0.4%
1820 0.055 % change on previous year +0.3%
1821 0.0527 % change on previous year -4.1%
1822 0.0527 % change on previous year -0.1%
1823 0.0527 % change on previous year -0.1%
1824 0.0526 % change on previous year -0.1%
1825 0.0524 % change on previous year -0.4%
1826 0.0524 % change on previous year -0.1%
1827 0.0522 % change on previous year -0.4%
1828 0.0523 % change on previous year +0.3%
1829 0.0521 % change on previous year -0.4%
1830 0.0521 % change on previous year -0.1%
1831 0.0497 % change on previous year -4.6%
1832 0.0497 % change on previous year -0.0%
1833 0.0495 % change on previous year -0.4%
1834 0.0494 % change on previous year -0.0%
1835 0.0494 % change on previous year -0.0%
1836 0.0494 % change on previous year -0.0%
1837 0.0492 % change on previous year -0.4%
1838 0.0491 % change on previous year -0.0%
1839 0.0489 % change on previous year -0.4%
1840 0.0491 % change on previous year +0.3%
1841 0.0463 % change on previous year -5.6%
1842 0.0461 % change on previous year -0.4%
1843 0.0461 % change on previous year -0.0%
1844 0.0461 % change on previous year -0.0%
1845 0.0461 % change on previous year -0.0%
1846 0.0459 % change on previous year -0.4%
1847 0.0458 % change on previous year -0.0%
1848 0.0456 % change on previous year -0.4%
1849 0.0456 % change on previous year -0.0%
1850 -0.0119 % change on previous year -126.0%
1851 1.05 % change on previous year -8958.0%
1852 1.04 % change on previous year -1.2%
1853 1.03 % change on previous year -1.1%
1854 1.01 % change on previous year -1.2%
1855 1 % change on previous year -1.2%
1856 0.9929 % change on previous year -0.9%
1857 0.9812 % change on previous year -1.2%
1858 0.9693 % change on previous year -1.2%
1859 0.9576 % change on previous year -1.2%
1860 0.946 % change on previous year -1.2%
1861 0.9372 % change on previous year -0.9%
1862 0.9257 % change on previous year -1.2%
1863 0.9148 % change on previous year -1.2%
1864 0.9036 % change on previous year -1.2%
1865 0.8928 % change on previous year -1.2%
1866 0.88 % change on previous year -1.4%
1867 0.8697 % change on previous year -1.2%
1868 0.8594 % change on previous year -1.2%
1869 0.8496 % change on previous year -1.1%
1870 0.84 % change on previous year -1.1%
1871 1.38 % change on previous year +64.4%
1872 0.9627 % change on previous year -30.3%
1873 0.9513 % change on previous year -1.2%
1874 0.9405 % change on previous year -1.1%
1875 0.93 % change on previous year -1.1%
1876 0.9383 % change on previous year +0.9%
1877 0.9283 % change on previous year -1.1%
1878 0.9187 % change on previous year -1.0%
1879 0.9092 % change on previous year -1.0%
1880 0.9004 % change on previous year -1.0%
1881 0.9097 % change on previous year +1.0%
1882 0.9014 % change on previous year -0.9%
1883 0.8933 % change on previous year -0.9%
1884 0.8857 % change on previous year -0.9%
1885 0.8787 % change on previous year -0.8%
1886 0.8908 % change on previous year +1.4%
1887 0.8844 % change on previous year -0.7%
1888 0.8781 % change on previous year -0.7%
1889 0.8723 % change on previous year -0.7%
1890 0.867 % change on previous year -0.6%
1891 0.8821 % change on previous year +1.7%
1892 0.8774 % change on previous year -0.5%
1893 0.8728 % change on previous year -0.5%
1894 0.8688 % change on previous year -0.5%
1895 0.8652 % change on previous year -0.4%
1896 0.8831 % change on previous year +2.1%
1897 0.8799 % change on previous year -0.4%
1898 0.8772 % change on previous year -0.3%
1899 0.8747 % change on previous year -0.3%
1900 0.8728 % change on previous year -0.2%
1901 1.36 % change on previous year +56.3%
1902 1.37 % change on previous year +0.4%
1903 1.37 % change on previous year +0.4%
1904 1.38 % change on previous year +0.4%
1905 1.38 % change on previous year +0.4%
1906 1.42 % change on previous year +2.4%
1907 1.42 % change on previous year +0.4%
1908 1.43 % change on previous year +0.4%
1909 1.43 % change on previous year +0.4%
1910 1.44 % change on previous year +0.4%
1911 7.65 % change on previous year +431.1%
1912 3.72 % change on previous year -51.4%
1913 -0.7392 % change on previous year -119.9%
1914 1.98 % change on previous year -367.8%
1915 2.02 % change on previous year +2.2%
1916 2.36 % change on previous year +16.9%
1917 2.56 % change on previous year +8.3%
1918 2.55 % change on previous year -0.6%
1919 2.17 % change on previous year -14.7%
1920 2.41 % change on previous year +11.1%
1921 3.61 % change on previous year +49.6%
1922 2.96 % change on previous year -18.1%
1923 3.62 % change on previous year +22.4%
1924 3.39 % change on previous year -6.3%
1925 3.39 % change on previous year -0.0%
1926 3.58 % change on previous year +5.7%
1927 3.28 % change on previous year -8.4%
1928 3.08 % change on previous year -6.3%
1929 2.97 % change on previous year -3.5%
1930 3 % change on previous year +0.9%
1931 3.09 % change on previous year +3.2%
1932 2.8 % change on previous year -9.5%
1933 3 % change on previous year +7.4%
1934 3.12 % change on previous year +3.9%
1935 2.96 % change on previous year -5.1%
1936 3.1 % change on previous year +4.8%
1937 2.67 % change on previous year -13.9%
1938 2.33 % change on previous year -12.9%
1939 2.06 % change on previous year -11.4%
1940 2.22 % change on previous year +7.5%
1941 2.63 % change on previous year +18.4%
1942 2.67 % change on previous year +1.7%
1943 2.42 % change on previous year -9.2%
1944 2.56 % change on previous year +5.7%
1945 1.78 % change on previous year -30.4%
1946 2.47 % change on previous year +38.4%
1947 1.98 % change on previous year -19.8%
1948 2.09 % change on previous year +5.8%
1949 1.74 % change on previous year -16.8%
1950 2.54 % change on previous year +45.6%
1951 4.33 % change on previous year +70.8%
1952 5.35 % change on previous year +23.6%
1953 4.83 % change on previous year -9.8%
1954 4.49 % change on previous year -7.1%
1955 4.3 % change on previous year -4.2%
1956 3.65 % change on previous year -15.1%
1957 3.45 % change on previous year -5.4%
1958 3.57 % change on previous year +3.4%
1959 3.05 % change on previous year -14.7%
1960 3 % change on previous year -1.5%
1961 4.73 % change on previous year +57.5%
1962 4.31 % change on previous year -8.9%
1963 4.12 % change on previous year -4.3%
1964 4.57 % change on previous year +10.7%
1965 4.79 % change on previous year +4.9%
1966 2.19 % change on previous year -54.1%
1967 1.65 % change on previous year -25.0%
1968 -0.0388 % change on previous year -102.4%
1969 2.19 % change on previous year -5736.9%
1970 2.62 % change on previous year +19.6%
1971 -2.33 % change on previous year -189.0%
1972 4.79 % change on previous year -305.6%
1973 4.77 % change on previous year -0.3%
1974 5.46 % change on previous year +14.4%
1975 2.87 % change on previous year -47.5%
1976 5.56 % change on previous year +94.0%
1977 4.62 % change on previous year -17.0%
1978 4.64 % change on previous year +0.5%
1979 5.19 % change on previous year +11.7%
1980 3.77 % change on previous year -27.4%
1981 1.58 % change on previous year -57.9%
1982 2.5 % change on previous year +57.9%
1983 2.46 % change on previous year -1.7%
1984 2.55 % change on previous year +3.8%
1985 3.05 % change on previous year +19.5%
1986 2.48 % change on previous year -18.8%
1987 2.94 % change on previous year +18.8%
1988 3.69 % change on previous year +25.6%
1989 3.09 % change on previous year -16.3%
1990 0.6482 % change on previous year -79.0%
1991 3.52 % change on previous year +443.7%
1992 3.56 % change on previous year +0.9%
1993 1.71 % change on previous year -51.8%
1994 2.06 % change on previous year +19.8%
1995 3.03 % change on previous year +47.5%
1996 2.93 % change on previous year -3.5%
1997 3.21 % change on previous year +9.9%
1998 7.76 % change on previous year +141.2%
1999 -3.09 % change on previous year -139.9%
2000 5.27 % change on previous year -270.6%
2001 6.38 % change on previous year +20.9%
2002 -2.08 % change on previous year -132.6%
2003 1.37 % change on previous year -166.0%
2004 1.82 % change on previous year +32.8%
2005 5.7 % change on previous year +213.3%
2006 0.1 % change on previous year -98.2%
2007 4.26 % change on previous year +4159.7%
2008 2.17 % change on previous year -49.1%
2009 1.17 % change on previous year -45.9%
2010 4.58 % change on previous year +290.1%
2011 3.78 % change on previous year -17.5%
2012 4.91 % change on previous year +30.1%
2013 2.37 % change on previous year -51.8%
2014 2.61 % change on previous year +10.2%
2015 1.41 % change on previous year -45.9%
2016 2.61 % change on previous year +84.7%
2017 1.97 % change on previous year -24.4%
2018 0.1881 % change on previous year -90.5%
2019 0.4078 % change on previous year +116.8%
2020 -0.7466 % change on previous year -283.1%
2021 0.7513 % change on previous year -200.6%
2022 0.2497 % change on previous year -66.8%

Nigeria compared with similar countries

  • Nigeria's 0.2497 % change on previous year is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5856 % change on previous year, 43% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Nigeria's 0.2497 % change on previous year is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9871 % change on previous year, 25% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1851 +8958.0% -0.0119 % change on previous year 1.05 % change on previous year
1969 +5736.9% -0.0388 % change on previous year 2.19 % change on previous year
2007 +4159.7% 0.1 % change on previous year 4.26 % change on previous year
1811 +647.4% 0.0074 % change on previous year 0.0556 % change on previous year
1991 +443.7% 0.6482 % change on previous year 3.52 % change on previous year
1911 +431.1% 1.44 % change on previous year 7.65 % change on previous year

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1750s 0.0171 % change on previous year 0.017 % change on previous year 0.0172 % change on previous year 9
1760s 0.0157 % change on previous year 0.0153 % change on previous year 0.017 % change on previous year 10
1770s 0.014 % change on previous year 0.0136 % change on previous year 0.0155 % change on previous year 10
1780s 0.0121 % change on previous year 0.0117 % change on previous year 0.0138 % change on previous year 10
1790s 0.01 % change on previous year 0.0097 % change on previous year 0.0117 % change on previous year 10
1800s 0.0077 % change on previous year 0.0073 % change on previous year 0.0097 % change on previous year 10
1810s 0.0505 % change on previous year 0.0074 % change on previous year 0.0556 % change on previous year 10
1820s 0.0527 % change on previous year 0.0521 % change on previous year 0.055 % change on previous year 10
1830s 0.0496 % change on previous year 0.0489 % change on previous year 0.0521 % change on previous year 10
1840s 0.0463 % change on previous year 0.0456 % change on previous year 0.0491 % change on previous year 10
1850s 0.9019 % change on previous year -0.0119 % change on previous year 1.05 % change on previous year 10
1860s 0.8979 % change on previous year 0.8496 % change on previous year 0.946 % change on previous year 10
1870s 0.97 % change on previous year 0.84 % change on previous year 1.38 % change on previous year 10
1880s 0.8895 % change on previous year 0.8723 % change on previous year 0.9097 % change on previous year 10
1890s 0.8748 % change on previous year 0.8652 % change on previous year 0.8831 % change on previous year 10
1900s 1.34 % change on previous year 0.8728 % change on previous year 1.43 % change on previous year 10
1910s 2.57 % change on previous year -0.7392 % change on previous year 7.65 % change on previous year 10
1920s 3.23 % change on previous year 2.41 % change on previous year 3.62 % change on previous year 10
1930s 2.81 % change on previous year 2.06 % change on previous year 3.12 % change on previous year 10
1940s 2.26 % change on previous year 1.74 % change on previous year 2.67 % change on previous year 10
1950s 3.96 % change on previous year 2.54 % change on previous year 5.35 % change on previous year 10
1960s 3.15 % change on previous year -0.0388 % change on previous year 4.79 % change on previous year 10
1970s 3.82 % change on previous year -2.33 % change on previous year 5.56 % change on previous year 10
1980s 2.81 % change on previous year 1.58 % change on previous year 3.77 % change on previous year 10
1990s 2.53 % change on previous year -3.09 % change on previous year 7.76 % change on previous year 10
2000s 2.62 % change on previous year -2.08 % change on previous year 6.38 % change on previous year 10
2010s 2.48 % change on previous year 0.1881 % change on previous year 4.91 % change on previous year 10
2020s 0.0848 % change on previous year -0.7466 % change on previous year 0.7513 % change on previous year 3

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 109 Uganda 0.3579 % change on previous year compare
  2. 110 Gabon 0.3386 % change on previous year compare
  3. 111 Niger 0.2574 % change on previous year compare
  4. 113 Ethiopia 0.2486 % change on previous year compare
  5. 114 Nicaragua 0.2434 % change on previous year compare
  6. 115 India 0.1796 % change on previous year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria?
Emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Nigeria was 0.2497 % change on previous year in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 7.76 % change on previous year in 1998.
What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was -3.09 % change on previous year in 1999.
How does Nigeria rank for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate?
Nigeria ranks 112th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
Is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is down 94.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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The year-on-year percentage change in emissions of air pollutants. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate
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% change on previous year
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Statizoid (derived)
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Coverage
219 places, 59,468 data points, 1751–2022
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The year-on-year percentage change in emissions of air pollutants. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.