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Greenhouse gas emissions — Benin

Greenhouse gas emissions in Benin in 2024 — 40.94 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 94 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 3,735.4%.

2024 40.94 Mt CO₂e +1.57% vs 2023
World rank 94of 199
Period maximum 45.46 Mt CO₂e2017
Period minimum -1.36 Mt CO₂e1859

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Benin, 1850–2024-200204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: -1.13 Mt CO₂e1853: -1.26 Mt CO₂e1856: -1.3 Mt CO₂e1859: -1.36 Mt CO₂e1862: -0.97 Mt CO₂e1865: -0.67 Mt CO₂e1868: -0.45 Mt CO₂e1871: -0.23 Mt CO₂e1874: -0.08 Mt CO₂e1877: 0.03 Mt CO₂e1880: 0.12 Mt CO₂e1883: 0.19 Mt CO₂e1886: 0.25 Mt CO₂e1889: 0.3 Mt CO₂e1892: 0.34 Mt CO₂e1895: 0.38 Mt CO₂e1898: 0.52 Mt CO₂e1901: 0.5 Mt CO₂e1904: 0.56 Mt CO₂e1907: 0.64 Mt CO₂e1910: 0.77 Mt CO₂e1913: 0.87 Mt CO₂e1916: 1.03 Mt CO₂e1919: 1.15 Mt CO₂e1922: 1.45 Mt CO₂e1925: 1.77 Mt CO₂e1928: 2.05 Mt CO₂e1931: 2.28 Mt CO₂e1934: 2.48 Mt CO₂e1937: 2.64 Mt CO₂e1940: 3.98 Mt CO₂e1943: 5.23 Mt CO₂e1946: 5.99 Mt CO₂e1949: 6.68 Mt CO₂e1952: 5.44 Mt CO₂e1955: 5.8 Mt CO₂e1958: 6.51 Mt CO₂e1961: 7.16 Mt CO₂e1964: 8.61 Mt CO₂e1967: 11.56 Mt CO₂e1970: 12.29 Mt CO₂e1973: 11 Mt CO₂e1976: 11.91 Mt CO₂e1979: 12.27 Mt CO₂e1982: 11.52 Mt CO₂e1985: 13.64 Mt CO₂e1988: 10.1 Mt CO₂e1991: 12.93 Mt CO₂e1994: 24.16 Mt CO₂e1997: 36.7 Mt CO₂e2000: 28.57 Mt CO₂e2003: 24.63 Mt CO₂e2006: 20.71 Mt CO₂e2009: 22.64 Mt CO₂e2012: 37.23 Mt CO₂e2015: 21.05 Mt CO₂e2018: 43.84 Mt CO₂e2021: 40.79 Mt CO₂e2024: 40.94 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +42.06 (+3,735.44%)

Comparison, 2024

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

Benin 40.94 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 3,922.09 Mt CO₂e
Western Africa computed 993.26 Mt CO₂e
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 40.94 +0.63 +1.57%
2023 40.3 −0.02 −0.05%
2022 40.32 −0.47 −1.14%
2021 40.79 +6.17 +17.84%
2020 34.62 +4.68 +15.63%
2019 29.94 −13.91 −31.72%
2018 43.84 −1.62 −3.56%
2017 45.46 +13.72 +43.22%
2016 31.75 +10.69 +50.8%
2015 21.05 −7.85 −27.15%
2014 28.9 −0.52 −1.77%
2013 29.42 −7.81 −20.98%
2012 37.23 +6.56 +21.39%
2011 30.67 +3.48 +12.79%
2010 27.19 +4.55 +20.11%
2009 22.64 −12.03 −34.69%
2008 34.67 +1.92 +5.86%
2007 32.75 +12.04 +58.13%
2006 20.71 +1.48 +7.71%
2005 19.23 −5.11 −20.98%
2004 24.34 −0.29 −1.19%
2003 24.63 −5.9 −19.32%
2002 30.53 +1.28 +4.36%
2001 29.25 +0.68 +2.38%
2000 28.57 −2.15 −7.01%
1999 30.72 −0.46 −1.47%
1998 31.18 −5.52 −15.04%
1997 36.7 +0.18 +0.49%
1996 36.52 +4.43 +13.81%
1995 32.09 +7.93 +32.84%
1994 24.16 +6.52 +36.94%
1993 17.64 +3.2 +22.13%
1992 14.45 +1.51 +11.68%
1991 12.93 +1.44 +12.49%
1990 11.5 +0.28 +2.53%
1989 11.21 +1.11 +11.01%
1988 10.1 −1.08 −9.68%
1987 11.19 −0.92 −7.6%
1986 12.11 −1.53 −11.23%
1985 13.64 +0.5 +3.83%
1984 13.13 +0.99 +8.19%
1983 12.14 +0.62 +5.39%
1982 11.52 −1.66 −12.6%
1981 13.18 +0.23 +1.74%
1980 12.95 +0.68 +5.54%
1979 12.27 +0.9 +7.95%
1978 11.37 −0.35 −3.01%
1977 11.72 −0.19 −1.6%
1976 11.91 +0.38 +3.27%
1975 11.53 −0.23 −1.96%
1974 11.76 +0.76 +6.91%
1973 11 −0.03 −0.24%
1972 11.03 −0.69 −5.88%
1971 11.72 −0.57 −4.62%
1970 12.29 +0.46 +3.89%
1969 11.83 −3.34 −22.04%
1968 15.17 +3.62 +31.28%
1967 11.56 +0.38 +3.43%
1966 11.17 +1.6 +16.68%
1965 9.58 +0.97 +11.22%
1964 8.61 +0.39 +4.69%
1963 8.23 +0.37 +4.76%
1962 7.85 +0.69 +9.6%
1961 7.16 +1.27 +21.49%
1960 5.9 −0.92 −13.54%
1959 6.82 +0.31 +4.79%
1958 6.51 +0.17 +2.73%
1957 6.33 +0.36 +6.01%
1956 5.98 +0.18 +3.04%
1955 5.8 +0.17 +2.95%
1954 5.63 +0.11 +1.9%
1953 5.53 +0.09 +1.69%
1952 5.44 −0.22 −3.94%
1951 5.66 −0.36 −5.92%
1950 6.02 −0.67 −10%
1949 6.68 +0.27 +4.16%
1948 6.42 +0.14 +2.17%
1947 6.28 +0.29 +4.82%
1946 5.99 +0.2 +3.49%
1945 5.79 +0.23 +4.04%
1944 5.56 +0.33 +6.37%
1943 5.23 +0.3 +6.08%
1942 4.93 +0.39 +8.68%
1941 4.54 +0.56 +14.05%
1940 3.98 +1.2 +42.99%
1939 2.78 +0.06 +2.28%
1938 2.72 +0.08 +3.03%
1937 2.64 −0 −0.19%
1936 2.65 +0.06 +2.48%
1935 2.58 +0.1 +3.9%
1934 2.48 +0.06 +2.39%
1933 2.43 +0.11 +4.84%
1932 2.31 +0.03 +1.4%
1931 2.28 +0.09 +3.92%
1930 2.2 +0.07 +3.2%
1929 2.13 +0.08 +3.65%
1928 2.05 +0.12 +5.93%
1927 1.94 +0.1 +5.61%
1926 1.84 +0.07 +3.97%
1925 1.77 +0.11 +6.71%
1924 1.65 +0.11 +6.78%
1923 1.55 +0.1 +6.75%
1922 1.45 +0.1 +7.08%
1921 1.36 +0.11 +8.92%
1920 1.24 +0.09 +7.99%
1919 1.15 +0.03 +2.4%
1918 1.13 +0.04 +3.5%
1917 1.09 +0.06 +5.43%
1916 1.03 +0.05 +4.67%
1915 0.99 +0.05 +5.57%
1914 0.93 +0.06 +7.36%
1913 0.87 +0.04 +4.7%
1912 0.83 +0.02 +2.47%
1911 0.81 +0.04 +5.74%
1910 0.77 +0.04 +5.08%
1909 0.73 +0 +0.14%
1908 0.73 +0.09 +13.4%
1907 0.64 +0.03 +5.25%
1906 0.61 +0.02 +3.21%
1905 0.59 +0.03 +5.72%
1904 0.56 +0.02 +3.14%
1903 0.54 +0.02 +2.85%
1902 0.53 +0.03 +5.19%
1901 0.5 +0.03 +6.14%
1900 0.47 +0.01 +1.51%
1899 0.47 −0.05 −10.06%
1898 0.52 +0.11 +27.03%
1897 0.41 +0.01 +3.56%
1896 0.39 +0.01 +3.69%
1895 0.38 +0.02 +4.12%
1894 0.36 +0.01 +3.7%
1893 0.35 +0.02 +4.46%
1892 0.34 +0.01 +4.02%
1891 0.32 +0.01 +3.53%
1890 0.31 +0.01 +2.63%
1889 0.3 +0.02 +5.92%
1888 0.29 +0.02 +6.3%
1887 0.27 +0.02 +7.14%
1886 0.25 +0.02 +8.15%
1885 0.23 +0.02 +9.39%
1884 0.21 +0.02 +10.94%
1883 0.19 +0.02 +12.94%
1882 0.17 +0.02 +15.65%
1881 0.15 +0.02 +19.51%
1880 0.12 +0.03 +26.8%
1879 0.1 +0.03 +44.78%
1878 0.07 +0.03 +97.06%
1877 0.03 +0.04 +3,500%
1876 0 +0.04 +97.37%
1875 -0.04 +0.04 +51.9%
1874 -0.08 +0.05 +37.3%
1873 -0.13 +0.05 +28.81%
1872 -0.18 +0.06 +24.36%
1871 -0.23 +0.06 +21.48%
1870 -0.3 +0.08 +21.78%
1869 -0.38 +0.06 +14.38%
1868 -0.45 +0.07 +13.59%
1867 -0.52 +0.08 +12.71%
1866 -0.59 +0.08 +12.33%
1865 -0.67 +0.09 +11.91%
1864 -0.76 +0.1 +11.57%
1863 -0.86 +0.11 +11.02%
1862 -0.97 +0.12 +11.16%
1861 -1.09 +0.13 +10.63%
1860 -1.22 +0.14 +10.01%
1859 -1.36 −0.09 −6.92%
1858 -1.27 +0.07 +5.29%
1857 -1.34 −0.05 −3.47%
1856 -1.3 +0.01 +0.84%
1855 -1.31 −0.03 −1.95%
1854 -1.28 −0.03 −2.23%
1853 -1.26 −0.03 −2.53%
1852 -1.22 −0.04 −3.2%
1851 -1.19 −0.06 −5.33%
1850 -1.13 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

SH Saint Helena 0.02 CV Cabo Verde 0.84 GM Gambia 2.94 GW Guinea-Bissau 8.14 TG Togo 12.76 SL Sierra Leone 16.29 MR Mauritania 18.2 LR Liberia 24.54 SN Senegal 35.41 BJ Benin 40.94 GH Ghana 52.01 NE Niger 52.14 BF Burkina Faso 59.46 ML Mali 65.66 GN Guinea 78.53 CI Côte d'Ivoire 140.72 NG Nigeria 384.68
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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