TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇳🇬 Nigeria
World rank #25 · Africa · Same as 95 million cars driven for a year
95 million
cars driven for a year
437 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +0.7%/yr
Nigeria ranks #25 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 437 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.AfricaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#25 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
201Dubri Oil= 2M cars/yr9.4 Mt CO₂eNEW202Midwestern Oil & Gas Co Ltd= 2M cars/yr9.4 Mt CO₂eNEW203NNPC Ltd= 2M cars/yr9.4 Mt CO₂eNEW204ND Western Ltd= 2M cars/yr9.4 Mt CO₂eNEW205Neconde Energy Ltd= 2M cars/yr9.4 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (29)
217Dangote Cement PLC= 2.6M cars/yr12.1 Mt CO₂eNEW405BUA International Ltd= 1.6M cars/yr7.2 Mt CO₂eNEW497Lafarge Africa PLC= 1.2M cars/yr5.7 Mt CO₂eNEW631Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd= 685k cars/yr3.2 Mt CO₂eNEW925Transcorp Power PLC= 388k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW926Notore Chemical Industries PLC= 357k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW973Egbin Power PLC= 361k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW1078Dangote Industries Ltd= 289k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1240Mangal Industries Ltd= 200k cars/yr919.2 kt CO₂eNEW1319The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd= 162k cars/yr747.2 kt CO₂eNEW1366Calabar Generation Company Ltd= 135k cars/yr622.2 kt CO₂eNEW1401Omotosho Generation Co Ltd= 123k cars/yr563.8 kt CO₂eNEW1402Geregu Power PLC= 121k cars/yr558.3 kt CO₂eNEW1408Sapele Power PLC= 120k cars/yr550.9 kt CO₂eNEW1409Ogorode Generation Co Ltd= 120k cars/yr550.9 kt CO₂eNEW1414Alaoji Generation Company Ltd= 119k cars/yr546.2 kt CO₂eNEW1434Azura Power West Africa Ltd= 111k cars/yr508.8 kt CO₂eNEW1444Benin Generation Company Ltd= 108k cars/yr497.7 kt CO₂eNEW1456Amperion Power Distribution Co Ltd= 104k cars/yr479 kt CO₂eNEW1477Nigeria LNG Ltd= 99.3k cars/yr456.6 kt CO₂eNEW1482Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE= 97.5k cars/yr448.4 kt CO₂eNEW1514First Independent Power Ltd= 86.2k cars/yr396.4 kt CO₂eNEW1520Olorunsogo Generation Company Ltd= 85.5k cars/yr393.3 kt CO₂eNEW1603PT Indorama Petrochemicals= 45.1k cars/yr207.2 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria_Niger Delta_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 44.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Obajana Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 5.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Gashaka Local Authority | Forestry & Land | 5.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Sokoto Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 4.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Nigeria_Niger Delta_Heavy oil | Fossil Fuels | 3.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Ojibawo Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 3.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Port Harcourt Fertilizer Complex | Manufacturing | 3.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Okpotu Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 2.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Bali Local Authority | Forestry & Land | 2.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Dangote Petroleum Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Sagamu Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 2.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Nigeria_Niger Delta_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 2.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Kurmi Local Authority | Forestry & Land | 2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Abuja Local Authority | Transport | 2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Ewekoro 1 Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 1.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population