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Nigeria: Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions

75.63Mt CO2e · 2024-35.7% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from fugitive emissions (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.1.bc Petroleum Refining - Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries, 1.B.1 Solid Fuels, 1.B.2 Oil and Natural Gas, 5.B. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Reported as: Energy. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
202475.629
202371.596
202267.507
202176.888
202085.334
2019108.725
2018103.573
2017100.95
201699.31
2015114.007
2014117.592
2013117.383
2012129.556
2011130.382
2010125.513
2009121.741
2008127.463
2007133.431
2006150.725
2005170.467
2004180.808
2003189.086
2002166.507
2001211.35
2000213.69
1999191.866
1998205.185
1997229.61
1996254.491
1995212.523
1994190.448
1993161.743
1992157.033
1991141.913
1990135.564
1989129.504
1988109.729
1987101.532
1986110.787
1985112.86
1984104.857
198393.897
198297.837
1981108.056
1980154.081
1979171.809
1978141.649
1977156.524
1976154.86
1975133.305
1974168.027
1973153.275
1972136.029
1971114.454
1970114.464

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-methane-ch4-emissions-from-fugitive-emissions (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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