Libya vs Nigeria: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total
CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total over time
- Libya
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 70,234 thousand metric tons against 62,874 thousand metric tons in Libya, a difference of 7,360 thousand metric tons.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.
Libya ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 51 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,291 thousand metric tons | 8,058 thousand metric tons | 1,232 thousand metric tons | Libya |
| 1970s | 19,002 thousand metric tons | 47,891 thousand metric tons | 28,889 thousand metric tons | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 31,728 thousand metric tons | 64,520 thousand metric tons | 32,792 thousand metric tons | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 42,523 thousand metric tons | 46,273 thousand metric tons | 3,749 thousand metric tons | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 52,591 thousand metric tons | 90,179 thousand metric tons | 37,588 thousand metric tons | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total, Libya or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 70,234 thousand metric tons against 62,874 thousand metric tons in Libya as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total between Libya and Nigeria?
- 7,360 thousand metric tons, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Nigeria?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
- How do Libya and Nigeria rank globally for co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total?
- Libya ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total (thousand metric tons). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring). The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set). Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide). Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds. Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values. Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections. Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries. The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.