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Benin vs Gambia: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

Benin
0.183 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Gambia
0.1735 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Benin rank
90th
Gambia rank
93rd

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • Benin
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.183 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1735 kilograms per international-$ in Gambia, a difference of 0.0095 kilograms per international-$.

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gambia ahead.

Benin ranks 90th and Gambia ranks 93rd of 164 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).