---
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
- en
tags:
- market-analysis
- carbon
- emissions
- nigeria
- africa
- owid
- autoscientist
---

# Nigeria Carbon Emissions Dataset

**Author:** Hussein Adeiza (mabera)
**Role:** Licensed Environmental Health Officer, Abuja Nigeria
**Built for:** AutoScientist Challenge 2026, Part 2 — Market Analysis & News Category

## Dataset Description
A market analysis dataset on Nigeria's carbon emissions and economic
trajectory, built entirely from real, directly-downloaded data from
Our World in Data's CO2 dataset (owid/co2-data on GitHub), not hand-typed
statistics.

**This model achieved an 87% win rate and 79% General Win Rate**, the
second-strongest result in this author's AutoScientist portfolio.
https://huggingface.co/mabera/nigeria-carbon-emissions-interpreter

## Files

### owid_co2_full.csv
The complete, unmodified raw source file, downloaded directly from
github.com/owid/co2-data. Included in full for genuine transparency,
79 columns, all countries and regions.

### nigeria_carbon_timeseries.csv / nigeria_carbon_comparison_2022.csv
Real, filtered subsets of the raw file, directly via pandas, no manually
entered values.

### nigeria_carbon_interpreter_dataset.csv
The 5-row training file. Every numeric claim traces directly to the
raw source file.

### verify_carbon_dataset.py
Independent verification script. Run `python verify_carbon_dataset.py`
to re-derive all 5 claims directly from the raw source file. Confirmed
5/5 verified when last run.

### build_carbon_interpreter.py / build_carbon_charts.py
The scripts that generated the charts and training data.

## Key Cited Findings
- Nigeria's total CO2 emissions rose 40.3% since 2000, while per-capita
  emissions fell 23.8%, population growth outpacing emissions growth
- South Africa's per-capita emissions are 11.7x Nigeria's, driven by coal
- Nigeria's carbon intensity of GDP is lower than South Africa's and the
  World average, despite Nigeria's oil-producing status
- Nigeria is a net importer of embodied carbon; South Africa is a net exporter

## Source
Our World in Data, owid/co2-data: https://github.com/owid/co2-data

## Related Links
- 🤗 Model: https://huggingface.co/mabera/nigeria-carbon-emissions-interpreter
- 📊 Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/yunusahusseinadeiza/nigeria-carbon-emissions-interpreter

## Credits
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AutoScientist Challenge 2026, Part 2 — Market Analysis & News Category