Nigeria Key Figures
- Population:
- 211 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 3.65 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 100%
Data of the last year available: 2021
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 82.5 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 0.46 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 15.4%
* at purchasing power parity
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Total Energy Consumption
Consumption per capita was 0.8 toe in 2021 (around 40% higher than the average for Sub-Saharan Africa). Electricity consumption per capita is relatively low in comparison to neighbouring countries and reached 140 kWh/hab in 2021 (almost three times lower than the average for Sub-Saharan Africa).
Since 2012, total consumption has increased at an average of 1.7%/year to 164 Mtoe in 2021.
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Crude Oil Production
Oil production is falling due to declining investments, oil theft, and sabotage. Since 2010, it has declined by 46% (5%/year) to 68 Mt in 2021. However, Nigeria remains the largest African oil producer after Libya (63 Mt in 2021), Algeria (59 Mt), and Angola (54 Mt).
The country is promoting the exploitation of fields located in the deep and very deep offshore.
Most of the production is exported (92% in 2021). In 2020, Nigerian crude oil exports by value mainly went to India (17%), Spain (13%), and South Africa (7%).
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Oil Products Consumption
Since 2014, oil product consumption has been relatively stable, at around 19 Mt/year. Previously, it rose by 17%/year between 2009 and 2014.
Transport is the main consuming sector, accounting for 88% of total oil products consumption (77% in 2010), followed by buildings (8% in 2021, compared to 15% in 2010).
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2021, %)
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Natural Gas Consumption
Since 2009, gas consumption has increased on average by around 7.4%/year (including +14% in 2021).
The energy sector absorbs around 68% of gas consumption (86% in 2010): 34% for power generation (compared to 48% in 2010) and 34% for the oil and gas sector ("others", vs 38% in 2010). The share of industry in gas consumption rose from 14% in 2010 to 32% in 2021.
Graph: NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION (bcm)
Graph: GAS CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2021, %)
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Coal Consumption
Coal consumption is marginal (less than 0.1 Mt in 2021) and is exclusively used in the industry sector.
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2021, %)
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Power Consumption
Since 2013, electricity consumption has showed much slower growth than before, following the fall in economic growth (3%/year compared to around 9%/year between 2000 and 2012).
Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (TWh)
The share of the residential sector in electricity consumption has been increasing at a regular pace since 2000 (from 51% to 58% in 2021), whereas the share of industry has been on a slight downward trend (from 21% to 14% in 2021).
Renewable in % Electricity Production
According to its National Renewable Energy Action Plan (2016), Nigeria targets 29% of its electricity production from renewables by 2030, including large hydro (20% in 2021), with 13.8 GW of capacity.
In December 2022, the country unveiled its National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy, which 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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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
The updated NDC (2021) set an unconditional GHG emission reduction target of 20% below a BAU scenario by 2030 and a conditional target with international support up to 47% (i.e. a level of 244 MtCO2eq for the conditional target compared to a BAU level of 453 MtCO2eq). In addition, Nigeria pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2060.