Morocco vs Nigeria: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total
CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total over time
- Morocco
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 70,234 thousand metric tons against 48,815 thousand metric tons in Morocco, a difference of 21,419 thousand metric tons.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times Morocco's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Morocco ahead.
Morocco ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 51 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,548 thousand metric tons | 8,058 thousand metric tons | 3,510 thousand metric tons | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 10,872 thousand metric tons | 47,891 thousand metric tons | 37,019 thousand metric tons | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 18,543 thousand metric tons | 64,520 thousand metric tons | 45,977 thousand metric tons | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 29,104 thousand metric tons | 46,273 thousand metric tons | 17,169 thousand metric tons | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 43,293 thousand metric tons | 90,179 thousand metric tons | 46,886 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, Morocco or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 70,234 thousand metric tons against 48,815 thousand metric tons in Morocco as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total between Morocco and Nigeria?
- 21,419 thousand metric tons, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Nigeria?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
- How do Morocco and Nigeria rank globally for co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total?
- Morocco ranks 6th 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.
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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.