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Benin Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
17,767,053
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2.38%
increase
Global Share
0.03%
Per Capita
1.32
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Benin were 17,767,053 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2.38% over the previous year, representing an increase by 413,113 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 17,353,940 tons.
  • Per capita: 1.32 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Benin accounts for 0.03% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 17,767,053 7,048,076 7,640,593 2,127,465 950,919 1.32 2.38% 0.033%
2023 17,353,940 6,892,220 7,495,259 2,077,312 889,149 1.32 1.76% 0.033%
2022 17,053,139 7,059,440 7,215,797 1,950,762 827,139 1.33 5.36% 0.033%
2021 16,185,292 6,746,725 6,824,496 1,848,464 765,608 1.3 −8.37% 0.032%
2020 17,664,303 8,705,917 6,488,524 1,767,440 702,421 1.46 3.07% 0.036%
2019 17,138,117 8,143,524 6,555,225 1,798,258 641,111 1.45 1.23% 0.034%
2018 16,930,608 8,251,009 6,345,486 1,753,100 581,013 1.47 9.09% 0.033%
2017 15,519,992 7,244,468 6,068,257 1,694,403 512,863 1.39 2.27% 0.031%
2016 15,174,971 7,147,262 5,909,041 1,661,491 457,178 1.4 12.41% 0.031%
2015 13,499,584 5,810,380 5,713,431 1,575,051 400,722 1.28 4.31% 0.028%
2014 12,941,472 5,459,813 5,588,428 1,530,610 362,622 1.26 5.1% 0.027%
2013 12,313,744 4,970,695 5,511,751 1,498,621 332,677 1.23 6.23% 0.026%
2012 11,591,279 4,724,917 5,114,095 1,428,586 323,681 1.19 −0.45% 0.024%
2011 11,643,953 4,961,087 4,969,788 1,395,649 317,428 1.23 0.82% 0.025%
2010 11,548,751 5,081,517 4,803,276 1,348,705 315,253 1.26 8.05% 0.025%
2009 10,688,803 4,684,495 4,365,661 1,321,529 317,118 1.19 5.17% 0.025%
2008 10,163,393 4,366,213 4,222,838 1,267,567 306,774 1.17 1.11% 0.023%
2007 10,051,854 4,398,620 4,094,625 1,263,612 294,997 1.19 7.62% 0.023%
2006 9,340,561 3,859,093 3,972,815 1,219,839 288,814 1.14 15.57% 0.022%
2005 8,082,133 2,801,497 3,795,731 1,211,178 273,726 1.01 5.83% 0.020%
2004 7,636,768 2,558,387 3,719,307 1,129,897 229,176 0.99 4.34% 0.019%
2003 7,319,236 2,400,008 3,612,954 1,114,097 192,176 0.97 5.23% 0.019%
2002 6,955,437 2,142,865 3,546,016 1,110,984 155,573 0.95 6.92% 0.019%
2001 6,505,453 1,857,271 3,457,174 1,067,454 123,553 0.92 8.89% 0.018%
2000 5,974,483 1,546,054 3,330,403 1,007,838 90,189 0.87 3.82% 0.017%
1999 5,754,663 1,441,453 3,284,462 979,061 49,687 0.86 6.41% 0.016%
1998 5,408,251 1,315,507 3,098,957 959,716 34,072 0.84 0.32% 0.016%
1997 5,391,102 1,364,831 3,067,578 933,658 25,036 0.86 5.47% 0.016%
1996 5,111,506 1,076,053 3,033,885 983,427 18,141 0.84 22.6% 0.015%
1995 4,169,168 398,562 2,897,209 861,832 11,564 0.71 −5.01% 0.012%
1994 4,388,842 392,097 3,058,766 931,245 6,734 0.77 8.21% 0.013%
1993 4,055,963 385,415 2,852,804 814,881 2,862 0.73 0.52% 0.013%
1992 4,035,154 380,761 2,812,900 839,721 1,773 0.76 2.67% 0.012%
1991 3,930,369 350,461 2,741,814 836,973 1,121 0.76 2.38% 0.012%
1990 3,838,907 398,573 2,657,209 782,953 172 0.77 4.88% 0.012%
1989 3,660,117 402,237 2,516,868 741,012 0 0.76 −0.09% 0.011%
1988 3,663,383 455,967 2,497,837 709,579 0 0.78 −0.89% 0.012%
1987 3,696,215 503,492 2,455,470 737,253 0 0.81 −0.65% 0.012%
1986 3,720,345 554,140 2,431,866 734,338 0 0.84 −6.61% 0.013%
1985 3,983,855 617,946 2,582,740 783,169 0 0.93 5.78% 0.014%
1984 3,766,131 524,818 2,504,152 737,161 0 0.91 2.45% 0.013%
1983 3,676,191 510,898 2,420,507 744,786 0 0.91 −1.77% 0.013%
1982 3,742,529 517,756 2,523,205 701,568 0 0.95 6.55% 0.013%
1981 3,512,351 446,159 2,448,289 617,902 0 0.92 5.8% 0.013%
1980 3,319,863 536,456 2,182,740 600,666 0 0.89 4.98% 0.012%
1979 3,162,311 510,563 2,083,140 568,607 0 0.87 3.95% 0.011%
1978 3,042,074 455,106 2,034,837 552,130 0 0.86 3.24% 0.011%
1977 2,946,604 428,138 1,988,512 529,954 0 0.86 4.19% 0.011%
1976 2,828,093 366,911 1,946,545 514,638 0 0.84 −4.64% 0.011%
1975 2,965,607 549,575 1,910,638 505,394 0 0.91 6.7% 0.012%
1974 2,779,517 489,928 1,814,831 474,758 0 0.87 −0.86% 0.011%
1973 2,803,693 477,356 1,835,775 490,562 0 0.9 5.32% 0.011%
1972 2,662,178 462,472 1,741,576 458,130 0 0.87 8.38% 0.011%
1971 2,456,432 362,525 1,661,783 432,123 0 0.83 −2.43% 0.011%
1970 2,517,571 460,414 1,634,173 422,984 0 0.86 0.011%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).