Nigeria Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions from 2015

Climate TRACE provides an inventory of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions for Nigeria, featuring annual country-level data since 2015 and monthly source-level data since 2021. The dataset covers Nigerian assets across various sub-sectors, estimating emissions for specific sources and providing confidence metrics.

Use Cases

• Tracking monthly fluctuations in industrial air pollutants using the source-level gas and sub-sector fields
• Identifying high-emission assets in Nigeria by filtering for specific gas types and source ownership
• Comparing annual sub-sector emission trends against national climate targets using the country-level annual data

Strengths

• Granular monthly temporal resolution for source-level data since 2021
• Multi-gas coverage including greenhouse gases and air pollutants
• Inclusion of confidence metrics for each emission estimate

Limitations

• Temporal discrepancy between country-level and source-level start dates
• Incomplete ownership data for many emission sources
• Reliance on estimation models rather than direct ground-level monitoring

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Estimated via remote sensing and modeling

Time Range

2015-2026

Freshness

Updated through March 2026.

Geography

Nigeria