Nigeria Key Figures
- Population:
- 219 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 3.25 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 100%
Data of the last year available: 2022
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 81.1 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 0.47 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 2022 (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 2.3%/year to 167 Mtoe in 2021.
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Crude Oil Production
Oil production is falling due to declining investments, unplanned outages due to aging infrastructure and poor maintenance, crude oil theft, and pipeline sabotage. Since 2010, it has halved (-54%, or -6%/year) to 59 Mt in 2022. The output is a third lower than the Nigeria's OPEC quota for 2022 (88 Mt). In 2022, Nigeria lost its place as the largest African oil producer, surpassed by Algeria (65 Mt). Its oil production remains higher than those of Angola (55 Mt) and Libya (54 Mt).
The country is promoting the exploitation of fields located in the deep and very deep offshore.
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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 residential and services (8% in 2022, compared to 15% in 2010).
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2022, %)
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Natural Gas Consumption
Gas consumption declined by 1% in 2022 to 22 bcm, after a rapid increase between 2009 and 2021 (by around 7.7%/year, including +18% in 2021).
The industry sector absorbed 41% of gas consumption in 2022 (up from 14% in 2010): 32% is used for power generation (48% in 2010) and 27% for the oil and gas sector ("others", 38% in 2010).
Graph: NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION (bcm)
Graph: GAS CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2022, %)
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Coal Consumption
Coal consumption is marginal (less than 0.1 Mt in 2022) and is exclusively used in the industry sector.
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2022, %)
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Power Consumption
Electricity demand fell by 4.3% in 2022. Previously, electricity consumption showed much slower growth than before, following the fall in economic growth with 3%/year over 2013-2021, compared to around 9%/year between 2000 and 2012).
Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (TWh)
Renewable in % Electricity Production
In the ETP (2022), renewables are expected to account for 40% of capacity in 2030 totalling 17 GW (2.1 GW in 2022), and 96% in 2050 with 248 GW. The power sector should reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
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.