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Nigeria: Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport

0.55Mt CO2e · 2024+20.0% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the transportation sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.3.a Civil Aviation, 1.A.3.b_noRES Road Transportation no resuspension, 1.A.3.c Railways, 1.A.3.d Water-borne Navigation, 1.A.3.e Other Transportation. 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
20240.553
20230.532
20220.556
20210.522
20200.463
20190.529
20180.493
20170.47
20160.473
20150.422
20140.46
20130.434
20120.36
20110.331
20100.3
20090.254
20080.252
20070.224
20060.224
20050.245
20040.251
20030.25
20020.242
20010.205
20000.178
19990.167
19980.114
19970.174
19960.133
19950.122
19940.11
19930.133
19920.156
19910.134
19900.102
19890.134
19880.127
19870.117
19860.106
19850.108
19840.113
19830.115
19820.112
19810.109
19800.11
19790.095
19780.091
19770.075
19760.058
19750.043
19740.035
19730.029
19720.025
19710.022
19700.022

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 Transport. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-methane-ch4-emissions-from-transport (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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