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Nigeria - Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption 350.56

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 203 economies tracked

Latest value

350.56 (2024)

Global rank

##26 of 203 economies

Share of global total

0.7%

Growth since 1970

2.03×

Ranking Race — Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#5#9#13#17#21#251970198019902000201020202024#23#262018 overtook Iraq2024 overtook Poland
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Real annual global ranks, 1970 - 2024. Nigeria climbed from #23 to #26 (overtook Iraq). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Nigeria ↓

Key Events — Nigeria

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1970
Oil boom begins curated

Crude revenues transform the economy after civil war.

2016
Oil price recession curated

First recession in 25 years as crude prices collapse.

2018
Overtook Iraq in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 oil shock curated

Dual pandemic and oil shock push GDP down.

2023
Fuel subsidy removal curated

Petrol subsidy cut and currency reforms spark inflation.

2024
Overtook Poland in global rank auto

Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption, 1970-2024

World Bank WDI · Mt CO2eq · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19701985200020152024172.37253.93335.48417.04

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