Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Nigeria
Nigeria: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Nigeria, 1915–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Nigeria is 0.4%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Nigeria peaked at 1.6% in 1946 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2007.
Nigeria ranks 35th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 110 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 0.6% | — |
| 1916 | 0.6% | -1.6% |
| 1917 | 0.6% | +0.4% |
| 1918 | 0.6% | +1.4% |
| 1919 | 0.6% | +6.3% |
| 1920 | 0.8% | +18.9% |
| 1921 | 0.9% | +21.2% |
| 1922 | 1.0% | +2.7% |
| 1923 | 1.0% | +0.6% |
| 1924 | 1.0% | +2.3% |
| 1925 | 1.0% | +1.9% |
| 1926 | 1.1% | +5.7% |
| 1927 | 1.1% | +0.1% |
| 1928 | 1.1% | +1.4% |
| 1929 | 1.0% | -3.6% |
| 1930 | 1.1% | +7.8% |
| 1931 | 1.2% | +6.7% |
| 1932 | 1.3% | +5.1% |
| 1933 | 1.3% | +3.1% |
| 1934 | 1.3% | -3.2% |
| 1935 | 1.2% | -0.6% |
| 1936 | 1.2% | -4.8% |
| 1937 | 1.2% | +1.0% |
| 1938 | 1.2% | +1.4% |
| 1939 | 1.2% | -0.4% |
| 1940 | 1.3% | +6.5% |
| 1941 | 1.4% | +6.0% |
| 1942 | 1.4% | +2.0% |
| 1943 | 1.5% | +4.8% |
| 1944 | 1.5% | +0.8% |
| 1945 | 1.6% | +8.8% |
| 1946 | 1.6% | +0.7% |
| 1947 | 1.5% | -5.6% |
| 1948 | 1.5% | -0.8% |
| 1949 | 1.6% | +3.7% |
| 1950 | 1.2% | -25.1% |
| 1951 | 1.0% | -12.1% |
| 1952 | 1.0% | -1.2% |
| 1953 | 1.0% | +0.2% |
| 1954 | 1.0% | -3.4% |
| 1955 | 1.0% | -2.1% |
| 1956 | 0.9% | -4.5% |
| 1957 | 1.0% | +3.3% |
| 1958 | 1.0% | +2.2% |
| 1959 | 1.0% | -2.1% |
| 1960 | 1.0% | +6.2% |
| 1961 | 0.8% | -18.8% |
| 1962 | 0.7% | -11.5% |
| 1963 | 0.7% | -9.4% |
| 1964 | 0.6% | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 0.5% | -10.4% |
| 1966 | 0.4% | -18.4% |
| 1967 | 0.5% | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.4% | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 0.5% | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.5% | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 0.5% | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.5% | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 0.5% | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 0.5% | -13.9% |
| 1976 | 0.5% | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 0.4% | -12.4% |
| 1978 | 0.5% | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 0.5% | +18.8% |
| 1980 | 0.5% | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5% | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.5% | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5% | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5% | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 0.4% | -12.3% |
| 1988 | 0.4% | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | -16.8% |
| 1990 | 0.6% | +67.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7% | +26.2% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | +31.6% |
| 1994 | 1.4% | +45.1% |
| 1995 | 1.1% | -21.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9% | -15.4% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -23.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | -20.8% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -16.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -16.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -29.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +98.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -36.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +24.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | +4.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 0.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 6.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 0.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 12.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +98.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| 1990 | +67.0% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 5 |
| 1920s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1930s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More climate change data for Nigeria
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 608.40 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 66,810 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 24,814 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 41,996 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 93.64 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,500 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 22,614 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,292 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 15,322 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 27.52 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Nigeria?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Nigeria was 0.4% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 1946.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2007.
- How does Nigeria rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Nigeria ranks 35th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured as a percentage of global total emissions of CO₂ in the same year.