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

Benin

138,516 tonnes

in 2024

Suriname

119,181 tonnes

in 2024

Benin rank

78th

Suriname rank

80th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

Benin currently reports 138,516 tonnes against 119,181 tonnes in Suriname, a difference of 19,335 tonnes.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Suriname's.

The two have swapped places 35 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Suriname ahead.

Benin ranks 78th and Suriname ranks 80th 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.