Benin vs Sudan: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Benin

0.4194 tonnes per person

in 2024

Sudan

0.3527 tonnes per person

in 2024

Benin rank

183rd

Sudan rank

186th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Benin
Sudan

How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.4194 tonnes per person against 0.3527 tonnes per person in Sudan, a difference of 0.0667 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 11 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sudan ahead.

Benin ranks 183rd and Sudan ranks 186th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.