Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Benin

Methane emissions in Benin in 2024 — 7.57 Mt. Ranked 84 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,582.2%.

2024 7.57 Mt +1.27% vs 2023
World rank 84of 199
Period maximum 7.57 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.42 Mt1860

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Benin, 1850–202402468185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.45 Mt1853: 0.44 Mt1856: 0.43 Mt1859: 0.43 Mt1862: 0.42 Mt1865: 0.43 Mt1868: 0.43 Mt1871: 0.43 Mt1874: 0.44 Mt1877: 0.44 Mt1880: 0.44 Mt1883: 0.44 Mt1886: 0.45 Mt1889: 0.46 Mt1892: 0.47 Mt1895: 0.48 Mt1898: 0.49 Mt1901: 0.5 Mt1904: 0.53 Mt1907: 0.55 Mt1910: 0.57 Mt1913: 0.62 Mt1916: 0.69 Mt1919: 0.73 Mt1922: 0.77 Mt1925: 0.8 Mt1928: 0.85 Mt1931: 0.9 Mt1934: 0.96 Mt1937: 1.03 Mt1940: 1.13 Mt1943: 1.19 Mt1946: 1.27 Mt1949: 1.35 Mt1952: 1.38 Mt1955: 1.41 Mt1958: 1.45 Mt1961: 1.5 Mt1964: 1.66 Mt1967: 1.86 Mt1970: 2.02 Mt1973: 2.24 Mt1976: 2.27 Mt1979: 2.44 Mt1982: 2.98 Mt1985: 2.93 Mt1988: 2.84 Mt1991: 3.38 Mt1994: 3.71 Mt1997: 4.06 Mt2000: 4.48 Mt2003: 4.28 Mt2006: 4.69 Mt2009: 4.9 Mt2012: 5.63 Mt2015: 6.21 Mt2018: 6.73 Mt2021: 7.14 Mt2024: 7.57 Mt
Change over the period: +7.12 (+1,582.22%) Average annual rate: 1.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Benin 7.57 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,219.5 Mt
Western Africa computed 375.61 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 7.57 +0.1 +1.27%
2023 7.48 +0.14 +1.89%
2022 7.34 +0.2 +2.79%
2021 7.14 +0.25 +3.65%
2020 6.89 −0.16 −2.2%
2019 7.04 +0.31 +4.65%
2018 6.73 +0.18 +2.76%
2017 6.55 +0.11 +1.69%
2016 6.44 +0.23 +3.62%
2015 6.21 +0.14 +2.24%
2014 6.08 +0.02 +0.33%
2013 6.06 +0.43 +7.62%
2012 5.63 +0.13 +2.27%
2011 5.5 +0.21 +3.91%
2010 5.3 +0.39 +7.99%
2009 4.9 +0.15 +3.05%
2008 4.76 −0.07 −1.43%
2007 4.83 +0.14 +3.03%
2006 4.69 −0.07 −1.49%
2005 4.76 +0.45 +10.47%
2004 4.31 +0.02 +0.56%
2003 4.28 −0.04 −0.9%
2002 4.32 +0.31 +7.78%
2001 4.01 −0.47 −10.45%
2000 4.48 +0.24 +5.64%
1999 4.24 −0 −0.07%
1998 4.24 +0.18 +4.48%
1997 4.06 +0.1 +2.42%
1996 3.96 +0.43 +12.17%
1995 3.53 −0.17 −4.69%
1994 3.71 +0.21 +6.04%
1993 3.5 +0.04 +1.25%
1992 3.45 +0.08 +2.25%
1991 3.38 +0.13 +3.88%
1990 3.25 +0.35 +11.87%
1989 2.91 +0.07 +2.36%
1988 2.84 +0 +0.14%
1987 2.84 +0.05 +1.72%
1986 2.79 −0.14 −4.85%
1985 2.93 +0.02 +0.86%
1984 2.9 +0.08 +2.69%
1983 2.83 −0.15 −4.97%
1982 2.98 +0.16 +5.57%
1981 2.82 +0.16 +5.86%
1980 2.66 +0.22 +8.96%
1979 2.44 +0.09 +3.65%
1978 2.36 −0.04 −1.54%
1977 2.4 +0.13 +5.55%
1976 2.27 +0.04 +1.93%
1975 2.23 +0.13 +6.3%
1974 2.09 −0.15 −6.6%
1973 2.24 +0.13 +6.26%
1972 2.11 +0.07 +3.69%
1971 2.04 +0.01 +0.59%
1970 2.02 +0.1 +5.04%
1969 1.93 +0.07 +3.72%
1968 1.86 +0 +0.11%
1967 1.86 +0.05 +2.88%
1966 1.8 +0.07 +3.86%
1965 1.74 +0.08 +4.52%
1964 1.66 +0.05 +3.04%
1963 1.61 +0.06 +3.6%
1962 1.56 +0.05 +3.53%
1961 1.5 +0.01 +0.94%
1960 1.49 +0.02 +1.36%
1959 1.47 +0.02 +1.24%
1958 1.45 +0.02 +1.11%
1957 1.44 +0.01 +0.99%
1956 1.42 +0.01 +0.92%
1955 1.41 +0.01 +0.79%
1954 1.4 +0.01 +0.65%
1953 1.39 +0.01 +0.51%
1952 1.38 +0.01 +0.44%
1951 1.38 +0 +0.15%
1950 1.37 +0.03 +2.01%
1949 1.35 +0.03 +1.97%
1948 1.32 +0.03 +2.01%
1947 1.29 +0.03 +2.05%
1946 1.27 +0.03 +2.09%
1945 1.24 +0.02 +2.05%
1944 1.22 +0.03 +2.44%
1943 1.19 +0.03 +2.5%
1942 1.16 +0.03 +2.48%
1941 1.13 −0 −0.18%
1940 1.13 +0.04 +3.66%
1939 1.09 +0.04 +3.5%
1938 1.06 +0.03 +2.42%
1937 1.03 +0 +0.19%
1936 1.03 +0.02 +1.88%
1935 1.01 +0.05 +4.99%
1934 0.96 +0.02 +2.34%
1933 0.94 +0.02 +2.29%
1932 0.92 +0.02 +2.11%
1931 0.9 +0.02 +2.16%
1930 0.88 +0.02 +1.85%
1929 0.87 +0.02 +2%
1928 0.85 +0.02 +1.92%
1927 0.83 +0.02 +2.09%
1926 0.82 +0.01 +1.49%
1925 0.8 +0.01 +1.52%
1924 0.79 +0.01 +1.67%
1923 0.78 +0.01 +1.7%
1922 0.77 +0.01 +1.59%
1921 0.75 +0.01 +1.76%
1920 0.74 +0.02 +2.07%
1919 0.73 +0.01 +1.97%
1918 0.71 +0.01 +1.28%
1917 0.7 +0.01 +1.74%
1916 0.69 +0.01 +1.77%
1915 0.68 +0.01 +1.65%
1914 0.67 +0.05 +7.58%
1913 0.62 +0.02 +2.48%
1912 0.61 +0.02 +2.72%
1911 0.59 +0.02 +2.61%
1910 0.57 +0.01 +1.59%
1909 0.57 +0.01 +1.44%
1908 0.56 +0.01 +1.46%
1907 0.55 +0.01 +1.48%
1906 0.54 +0.01 +1.5%
1905 0.53 +0.01 +1.52%
1904 0.53 +0.01 +1.55%
1903 0.52 +0.01 +1.37%
1902 0.51 +0.01 +1.39%
1901 0.5 +0.01 +1.62%
1900 0.5 +0 +0.61%
1899 0.49 +0 +0.82%
1898 0.49 +0 +0.62%
1897 0.49 +0 +0.62%
1896 0.48 +0 +0.84%
1895 0.48 +0 +0.63%
1894 0.48 +0 +0.64%
1893 0.47 +0 +0.64%
1892 0.47 +0 +0.64%
1891 0.47 +0 +0.65%
1890 0.46 +0 +0.65%
1889 0.46 +0 +0.66%
1888 0.46 +0 +0.66%
1887 0.45 +0 +0.67%
1886 0.45 +0 +0.67%
1885 0.45 +0 +0.45%
1884 0.45 +0 +0.68%
1883 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1882 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1881 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1880 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1879 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1878 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1877 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1876 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1875 0.44 +0 +0%
1874 0.44 +0 +0.23%
1873 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1872 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1871 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1870 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1869 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1868 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1867 0.43 +0 +0%
1866 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1865 0.43 +0 +0.23%
1864 0.43 +0 +0.24%
1863 0.43 +0 +0.24%
1862 0.42 +0 +0.24%
1861 0.42 +0 +0.24%
1860 0.42 −0 −0.71%
1859 0.43 −0 −0.7%
1858 0.43 −0 −0.7%
1857 0.43 −0 −0.46%
1856 0.43 −0 −0.69%
1855 0.44 −0 −0.68%
1854 0.44 −0 −0.68%
1853 0.44 −0 −0.45%
1852 0.44 −0 −0.67%
1851 0.45 −0 −0.67%
1850 0.45

About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

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