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Africa > Nigeria > Environment

NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [63rd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.48 % of GNI Time series [70th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.14 % of GNI Time series [45th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.81 % of GNI Time series [38th of 165]
Areas under protection 27 [80th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 0.209683 per 1 million people [140th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [18th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area 131 thousand hectares [65th of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 1.01735 thousand hectares per 1 [80th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 1.32% [104th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 2.12 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [32nd of 141]
CFC consumption 218,258 [11th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 1.69499 per 1,000 people [27th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 48,145.7 [52nd of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 0.373901 per 1,000 people [135th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.41 kg/PPP$ Time series [61st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 52,175.77 kt Time series [53rd of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 0.414 kt per 1,000 people Time series [152nd of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3 Time series [55th of 75]
Current issues
soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization
Ecological footprint 1.31 [93rd of 141]
Endangered species protection 45.8% [95th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 3.38 [55th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 66.77 hundred grams/hectare [116th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 12.18 % of land area Time series [139th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 110,890 km² Time series [46th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 843.08 km² per 1,000 people Time series [155th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 8.01 Time series [46th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 69% Time series [68th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 21% Time series [42nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 10% Time series [43rd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [115th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species 286 [22nd of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 2.22108 per 1 million people [138th of 146]
Known mammal species 274 [20th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 2.12789 per 1 million people [128th of 145]
Marine fish catch 280,941 tons [38th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 2.18179 tons per 1,000 people [79th of 141]
Non-wildness 1.6% [90th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.24 thousand metric tons/squ [69th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 82,477.21 kg/day Time series [37th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.17 kg per day per worker Time series [65th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 67 mcg/m³ Time series [45th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 11,023 [59th of 199]
Protected area 3.3 [98th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 190 thousand metric tons/squ [99th of 141]
SO2 exports 956.91 hundred metric tons [86th of 141]
Threatened species 40 [51st of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 26 [29th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 286.2 cu km Time series [2nd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 28.68 micrograms/m3 [124th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 149.5 micrograms/m3 [4th of 141]
Water > Availability 2.26 thousand cubic metres [78th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 6.77 mls/litre [93rd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.66 mls/litre [13th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 1,157.79 [33rd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 17.8 [54th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 5.99 mls/litre [38th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 11.26 % Time series [17th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.08 % Time series [86th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 40.17 % Time series [72nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.39 % Time series [73rd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.47 % Time series [51st of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 15.4 % Time series [31st of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 23.49 % Time series [16th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.75 % Time series [10th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 58 thousand hectares [77th of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 0.450429 thousand hectares per 1 m [103rd of 112]
Wildness 0.55% [95th of 141]

SOURCES: Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; ; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; FAOSTAT on-line database; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the last wild places on the earth's surface. Accessed via ciesin.org; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, RAINS-ASIA and Co-operative Programme formonitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe (EMEP) via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998-99; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2000; WHO,Air Management Information System-AMIS 2.0, 1998; and Global Urban Observatory, Citibase, 1999. via ciesin.org; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen, R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 via ciesin.org; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org

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