Nigeria Key Figures
- Population:
- 238 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 4.01 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 100%
Data of the last year available: 2025
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 111 (2015=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 0.45 tCO2/cap
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 8.91%
* at purchasing power parity
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- Nigeria's Energy & Climate Policy Framework: Nigeria targets 30% renewables by 2030, net-zero by 2060, and universal energy access via its Energy Transition Plan.
- Nigeria's Energy Companies: Several Nigerian energy distribution firms are insolvent and should be privatised. Major oil firms dominate production, while gas supply is controlled by Shell, TotalEnergies, Chevron, and Eni.
- Nigeria's Energy Supply & Demand: Nigeria’s oil & gas production rebounded post-2023, with oil covering 92% of demand. Gas share in energy mix rising; electricity capacity limited at 15 GW.
- Nigeria's Energy Use & Price by Sector: Final energy consumption rose 30% (2013-2025), with transport’s share growing from 25% to 33%. Households/services dominate demand (51%), followed by transport (31%) and industry (16%). Biomass remains primary energy source (48%), though oil products (39%) and gas (8%) are rising.
- Nigeria's Issues & Prospects: Nigeria’s energy sector faces rapid demand growth, with USUSD 1tn investment needed by 2050. Power capacity to expand to 250 GW (76% solar), while oil/gas projects surge, including Dangote’s 1.4mb/d refinery.
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Nigeria Total Energy Production & Consumption
Since 2023, total consumption has increased by 6%/year, reaching 83 Mtoe in 2025. Previously, it fell by 3%/year between 2021 and 2023, after a phase of rapid growth over the 2018-2021 period (+8%/year).
Consumption per capita was 0.3 toe in 2025 (about a third lower than the average for Sub-Saharan Africa).
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Nigeria Oil Production & Consumption
Since 2023, oil production has rebounded by 7%/year to 74 Mt in 2025. In 2024, about 55% of the production came from offshore fields. Previously, between 2019 and 2023, oil output fell by 11%/year, from 100 Mt in 2019 to 64 Mt in 2023. In 2025, the country's output was about 1% lower than its OPEC quota (75 Mt), compared to 8% lower in 2024. Nigeria was the largest African oil producer in 2025, surpassing Angola, Libya, and Algeria.
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Nigeria Natural Gas Production & Consumption
Since 2023, gas production in Nigeria has increased by 5%/year, reaching 41 bcm in 2025, however far from its peak level of 2020 (46 bcm); output fell by 8%/year between 2020 and 2023, after a phase of moderate growth over 2011-2020 (+2%/year).
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Nigeria Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption
Nigeria produces a limited volume of coal (1.1 Mt in 2025), which is entirely consumed domestically. Coal is exclusively consumed in industry.
Graph: Coal Production & Consumption
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Nigeria Renewable in % Electricity Production
In the ETP (2022), renewables are expected to account for 40% of capacity in 2030, totalling 17 GW 3 GW in 2025), and 96% in 2050 with 248 GW. The power sector should reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
The National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy (2022) includes a "30:30:30" scheme that plans to add 30 GW of power capacity by 2030, with renewables contributing 30% of the country's energy mix.
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Nigeria GHG emissions and CO2 emissions
A National Council on Climate Change was created in 2021 by the Climate Change Act, a text which provides a framework for climate actions and sets to reach carbon neutrality over 2050-70.
Under its third NDC (3.0), Nigeria pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 29% by 2030 and 32% by 2035, relative to 2018 levels. In addition, Nigeria committed to reach net-zero emissions by 2060.
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