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Nigeria: Carbon intensity of electricity generation

451.72gCO2e per kWh · 2025-14.8% since 2015

Emissions per unit of electricity generated, as estimated by Ember. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (gCO2e per kWh)Note
2025451.719
2024495.634
2023510.191
2022497.447
2021522.857
2020523.474
2019505.869
2018519.531
2017500.465
2016511.33
2015529.937
2014547.584
2013535.88
2012528.045
2011515.533
2010499.005
2009508.287
2008481.96
2007481.862
2006482.007
2005444.798
2004442.322
2003420.347
2002412.111
2001411.959
2000412.008

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Carbon intensity of electricity generation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-carbon-intensity (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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