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Benin vs Tonga: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Benin
584.16 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Tonga
571.43 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Benin rank
67th
Tonga rank
70th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Benin
  • Tonga
0200400600800200020122024

How they compare

Benin currently reports 584.16 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 571.43 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Tonga, a difference of 12.73 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Tonga ahead.

Benin ranks 67th and Tonga ranks 70th 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.