Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF in Nigeria

Nigeria: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF was 2.96 in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
2.96
Change on year
up 82.9%
World rank
39th
of 209 countries
All-time high
358.13
in 1996
All-time low
1.62
in 2018
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF in Nigeria, 1990–2019

01002003004001990200420191990: 73.11991: 73.11992: 73.11993: 73.11994: 73.11995: 73.11996: 358.11997: 304.41998: 357.61999: 302.72000: 335.62001: 8.22002: 6.82003: 9.72004: 4.92005: 14.32006: 7.12007: 5.22008: 5.42009: 2.82010: 4.32011: 2.92012: 2.12013: 3.52014: 2.52015: 1.82016: 62017: 4.62018: 1.62019: 3

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

Nigeria recorded 2.96 for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - lulucf in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 82.9% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - lulucf in Nigeria peaked at 358.13 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1.62, in 2018.

Nigeria ranks 39th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF in Nigeria, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF in Nigeria, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 73.13 —
1991 73.13 +0.0%
1992 73.13 +0.0%
1993 73.13 +0.0%
1994 73.13 +0.0%
1995 73.13 +0.0%
1996 358.13 +389.7%
1997 304.44 -15.0%
1998 357.64 +17.5%
1999 302.7 -15.4%
2000 335.62 +10.9%
2001 8.2 -97.6%
2002 6.78 -17.2%
2003 9.67 +42.5%
2004 4.87 -49.6%
2005 14.25 +192.6%
2006 7.07 -50.4%
2007 5.19 -26.6%
2008 5.44 +4.8%
2009 2.83 -47.9%
2010 4.31 +52.1%
2011 2.92 -32.2%
2012 2.09 -28.6%
2013 3.48 +67.0%
2014 2.46 -29.3%
2015 1.85 -24.9%
2016 5.98 +223.4%
2017 4.56 -23.8%
2018 1.62 -64.5%
2019 2.96 +82.9%

Nigeria compared with similar countries

  • Nigeria's 2.96 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1328, 22.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
  • Nigeria's 2.96 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4453, 6.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF 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.

YearChange FromTo
1996 +389.7% 73.13 358.13

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 176.17 73.13 358.13 10
2000s 39.99 2.83 335.62 10
2010s 3.22 1.62 5.98 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - lulucf in Nigeria?
Emission totals - emissions (ch4) - lulucf in Nigeria was 2.96 in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - lulucf recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 358.13 in 1996.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - lulucf recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 1.62 in 2018.
How does Nigeria rank for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - lulucf?
Nigeria ranks 39th out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - lulucf rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF
Source
FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 6,120 data points, 1990–2019
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).