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Carbon intensity of electricity — Benin

Carbon intensity of electricity in Benin in 2024 — 584 g/kWh. Ranked 135 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.5%.

2024 584 g/kWh −0.99% vs 2023
World rank 135of 195
Period maximum 700 g/kWh2011
Period minimum 584 g/kWh2021

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Benin, 2000–20245506006507002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 625 g/kWh2001: 667 g/kWh2002: 667 g/kWh2003: 625 g/kWh2004: 625 g/kWh2005: 636 g/kWh2006: 667 g/kWh2007: 636 g/kWh2008: 652 g/kWh2009: 692 g/kWh2010: 636 g/kWh2011: 700 g/kWh2012: 600 g/kWh2013: 615 g/kWh2014: 647 g/kWh2015: 625 g/kWh2016: 667 g/kWh2017: 625 g/kWh2018: 632 g/kWh2019: 611 g/kWh2020: 596 g/kWh2021: 584 g/kWh2022: 596 g/kWh2023: 590 g/kWh2024: 584 g/kWh
Change over the period: −41 (−6.53%) Average annual rate: -0.28 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 584 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 584 −6 −0.99%
2023 590 −6 −1%
2022 596 +12 +2.04%
2021 584 −12 −2%
2020 596 −15 −2.48%
2019 611 −20 −3.24%
2018 632 +7 +1.05%
2017 625 −42 −6.25%
2016 667 +42 +6.67%
2015 625 −22 −3.41%
2014 647 +32 +5.15%
2013 615 +15 +2.57%
2012 600 −100 −14.29%
2011 700 +64 +10%
2010 636 −56 −8.08%
2009 692 +40 +6.15%
2008 652 +16 +2.48%
2007 636 −30 −4.55%
2006 667 +30 +4.76%
2005 636 +11 +1.82%
2004 625 +0 +0%
2003 625 −42 −6.25%
2002 667 +0 +0%
2001 667 +42 +6.67%
2000 625 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SL Sierra Leone 48 GN Guinea 181 LR Liberia 316 CI Côte d'Ivoire 405 TG Togo 423 CV Cabo Verde 462 GH Ghana 469 NG Nigeria 496 MR Mauritania 512 ML Mali 539 SN Senegal 540 BF Burkina Faso 562 BJ Benin 584 GW Guinea-Bissau 625 GM Gambia 667 NE Niger 674
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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