Benin vs Qatar: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Benin
584.16 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Qatar
581.52 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Benin rank
67th
Qatar rank
68th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Benin
  • Qatar
0200400600800200020122025

How they compare

Benin currently reports 584.16 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 581.52 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Qatar, a difference of 2.64 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 67th and Qatar ranks 68th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity
Unit
grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
Source
Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
213 places, 5,691 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gases emitted per unit of generated electricity, measured in grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.