Food Retail — Emissions in Nigeria

Nigeria: Food Retail — Emissions was 1.01 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.01 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
3rd
of 190 countries
All-time high
1.01 kt
in 2022
All-time low
0.3721 kt
in 2002
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Retail — Emissions in Nigeria, 1990–2023

00.250.50.7511990200620231990: 0.412 kt1991: 0.407 kt1992: 0.401 kt1993: 0.397 kt1994: 0.395 kt1995: 0.394 kt1996: 0.391 kt1997: 0.387 kt1998: 0.383 kt1999: 0.381 kt2000: 0.379 kt2001: 0.376 kt2002: 0.372 kt2003: 0.372 kt2004: 0.385 kt2005: 0.401 kt2006: 0.42 kt2007: 0.556 kt2008: 0.519 kt2009: 0.48 kt2010: 0.617 kt2011: 0.72 kt2012: 0.998 kt2013: 0.858 kt2014: 0.919 kt2015: 0.933 kt2016: 0.944 kt2017: 0.955 kt2018: 0.967 kt2019: 0.978 kt2020: 0.99 kt2021: 1 kt2022: 1 kt2023: 1 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Nigeria recorded 1.01 kt for food retail — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 18.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food retail — emissions in Nigeria peaked at 1.01 kt in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3721 kt, in 2002.

Nigeria ranks 3rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Food Retail — Emissions in Nigeria, year by year

Annual values for Food Retail — Emissions (CH4) in Nigeria, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.4123 kt —
1991 0.4068 kt -1.3%
1992 0.4012 kt -1.4%
1993 0.3967 kt -1.1%
1994 0.3952 kt -0.4%
1995 0.3938 kt -0.4%
1996 0.3912 kt -0.7%
1997 0.3873 kt -1.0%
1998 0.3835 kt -1.0%
1999 0.3808 kt -0.7%
2000 0.379 kt -0.5%
2001 0.3759 kt -0.8%
2002 0.3721 kt -1.0%
2003 0.3723 kt +0.0%
2004 0.3853 kt +3.5%
2005 0.4009 kt +4.1%
2006 0.4202 kt +4.8%
2007 0.5556 kt +32.2%
2008 0.5188 kt -6.6%
2009 0.4801 kt -7.5%
2010 0.617 kt +28.5%
2011 0.7201 kt +16.7%
2012 0.9978 kt +38.6%
2013 0.8583 kt -14.0%
2014 0.9194 kt +7.1%
2015 0.9329 kt +1.5%
2016 0.9441 kt +1.2%
2017 0.9552 kt +1.2%
2018 0.9666 kt +1.2%
2019 0.9782 kt +1.2%
2020 0.99 kt +1.2%
2021 1 kt +1.2%
2022 1.01 kt +1.2%
2023 1.01 kt +0.0%

Nigeria compared with similar countries

  • Nigeria's 1.01 kt is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0098 kt, 103.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
  • Nigeria's 1.01 kt is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0096 kt, 106.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Food Retail — Emissions 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
2012 +38.6% 0.7201 kt 0.9978 kt
2007 +32.2% 0.4202 kt 0.5556 kt
2010 +28.5% 0.4801 kt 0.617 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3949 kt 0.3808 kt 0.4123 kt 10
2000s 0.426 kt 0.3721 kt 0.5556 kt 10
2010s 0.889 kt 0.617 kt 0.9978 kt 10
2020s 1 kt 0.99 kt 1.01 kt 4

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 1 OECD 4.6 kt compare
  2. 2 Uganda 1.14 kt compare
  3. 4 Japan 0.9531 kt compare
  4. 5 Indonesia 0.7567 kt compare
  5. 5 Türkiye 0.2417 kt compare
  6. 6 India 0.6308 kt compare
  7. 6 Viet Nam 0.1836 kt compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food retail — emissions in Nigeria?
Food retail — emissions in Nigeria was 1.01 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food retail — emissions recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 kt in 2022.
What is the lowest food retail — emissions recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3721 kt in 2002.
How does Nigeria rank for food retail — emissions?
Nigeria ranks 3rd out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
Is food retail — emissions rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Food Retail — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 7,524 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.