Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria
Nigeria: Share of global greenhouse gas emissions was 0.7% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.7%
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
25th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.5%
in 1994
All-time low
0.1%
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria, 1850–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria stood at 0.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria peaked at 1.5% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1850.
Nigeria ranks 25th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.1% | — |
| 1851 | 0.1% | +33.8% |
| 1852 | 0.2% | +10.5% |
| 1853 | 0.2% | +7.9% |
| 1854 | 0.2% | +5.0% |
| 1855 | 0.2% | +4.7% |
| 1856 | 0.2% | +3.9% |
| 1857 | 0.2% | +3.4% |
| 1858 | 0.2% | +3.6% |
| 1859 | 0.2% | +3.5% |
| 1860 | 0.2% | +10.3% |
| 1861 | 0.3% | +6.4% |
| 1862 | 0.3% | +4.8% |
| 1863 | 0.3% | +2.0% |
| 1864 | 0.3% | +1.2% |
| 1865 | 0.3% | +2.4% |
| 1866 | 0.3% | +2.7% |
| 1867 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 1868 | 0.3% | +1.3% |
| 1869 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 1870 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 1871 | 0.3% | +2.1% |
| 1872 | 0.3% | -1.4% |
| 1873 | 0.3% | +0.2% |
| 1874 | 0.3% | +0.7% |
| 1875 | 0.3% | -0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 1877 | 0.3% | -0.9% |
| 1878 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 1879 | 0.3% | -1.4% |
| 1880 | 0.3% | +5.3% |
| 1881 | 0.3% | +3.0% |
| 1882 | 0.3% | +0.2% |
| 1883 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
| 1884 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 1885 | 0.3% | +0.7% |
| 1886 | 0.3% | +0.9% |
| 1887 | 0.3% | -1.1% |
| 1888 | 0.3% | -1.0% |
| 1889 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
| 1890 | 0.3% | -6.6% |
| 1891 | 0.3% | -2.7% |
| 1892 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 1893 | 0.3% | +1.2% |
| 1894 | 0.3% | -2.2% |
| 1895 | 0.3% | -0.9% |
| 1896 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
| 1897 | 0.3% | -1.4% |
| 1898 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
| 1899 | 0.3% | -2.2% |
| 1900 | 0.3% | +15.5% |
| 1901 | 0.3% | +6.8% |
| 1902 | 0.3% | +4.6% |
| 1903 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 1904 | 0.4% | +1.0% |
| 1905 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 1906 | 0.4% | +1.0% |
| 1907 | 0.3% | -4.2% |
| 1908 | 0.4% | +3.4% |
| 1909 | 0.3% | -1.5% |
| 1910 | 0.4% | +4.1% |
| 1911 | 0.4% | +3.0% |
| 1912 | 0.4% | +0.5% |
| 1913 | 0.4% | -0.7% |
| 1914 | 0.4% | +3.6% |
| 1915 | 0.4% | +3.9% |
| 1916 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
| 1917 | 0.4% | +1.6% |
| 1918 | 0.4% | +2.2% |
| 1919 | 0.4% | +5.2% |
| 1920 | 0.5% | +12.7% |
| 1921 | 0.6% | +17.3% |
| 1922 | 0.6% | +2.2% |
| 1923 | 0.6% | -0.4% |
| 1924 | 0.6% | +2.2% |
| 1925 | 0.6% | +1.9% |
| 1926 | 0.6% | +5.5% |
| 1927 | 0.6% | +0.2% |
| 1928 | 0.7% | +1.3% |
| 1929 | 0.6% | -2.4% |
| 1930 | 0.7% | +6.3% |
| 1931 | 0.7% | +5.8% |
| 1932 | 0.7% | +3.6% |
| 1933 | 0.8% | +3.7% |
| 1934 | 0.7% | -2.8% |
| 1935 | 0.7% | -0.0% |
| 1936 | 0.7% | -4.2% |
| 1937 | 0.7% | +1.0% |
| 1938 | 0.7% | +1.5% |
| 1939 | 0.7% | +0.4% |
| 1940 | 0.8% | +4.7% |
| 1941 | 0.8% | +5.1% |
| 1942 | 0.8% | +2.0% |
| 1943 | 0.9% | +4.4% |
| 1944 | 0.9% | +0.2% |
| 1945 | 0.9% | +8.1% |
| 1946 | 0.9% | +1.2% |
| 1947 | 0.9% | -4.1% |
| 1948 | 0.9% | +1.1% |
| 1949 | 0.9% | +3.0% |
| 1950 | 0.8% | -14.6% |
| 1951 | 0.7% | -7.9% |
| 1952 | 0.7% | +0.3% |
| 1953 | 0.8% | +2.1% |
| 1954 | 0.8% | -0.7% |
| 1955 | 0.8% | -0.6% |
| 1956 | 0.7% | -1.8% |
| 1957 | 0.8% | +3.3% |
| 1958 | 0.8% | +2.7% |
| 1959 | 0.8% | +0.5% |
| 1960 | 0.8% | +6.2% |
| 1961 | 0.8% | -4.9% |
| 1962 | 0.8% | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 0.7% | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 0.8% | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 0.9% | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 0.9% | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 1.0% | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 0.8% | -25.2% |
| 1969 | 0.8% | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.9% | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 0.9% | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 0.9% | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 1.0% | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 1.1% | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 0.9% | -14.9% |
| 1976 | 1.0% | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 0.9% | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 0.9% | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 1.1% | +17.6% |
| 1980 | 1.0% | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 0.9% | -12.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8% | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8% | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.9% | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 0.9% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.9% | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 0.8% | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 0.9% | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 0.9% | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 1.0% | +15.0% |
| 1991 | 1.1% | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 1.1% | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 1.2% | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | +23.5% |
| 1995 | 1.4% | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 1.4% | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | -16.0% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -22.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | -2.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 0.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 9.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 0.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1%, 9.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global greenhouse gas 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | +33.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 1968 | -25.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 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 greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria?
- Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria was 0.7% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global greenhouse gas emissions recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 1994.
- What is the lowest share of global greenhouse gas emissions recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1850.
- How does Nigeria rank for share of global greenhouse gas emissions?
- Nigeria ranks 25th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global greenhouse gas emissions rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.