Benin vs Guyana: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Benin

138,516 tonnes

in 2024

Guyana

131,397 tonnes

in 2024

Benin rank

78th

Guyana rank

79th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

Benin currently reports 138,516 tonnes against 131,397 tonnes in Guyana, a difference of 7,119 tonnes.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 29 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Guyana ahead.

Benin ranks 78th and Guyana ranks 79th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.