Benin vs Guinea: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Benin

44.09 million tonnes

in 2024

Guinea

49.80 million tonnes

in 2024

Benin rank

20th

Guinea rank

19th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Guinea currently reports 49.80 million tonnes against 44.09 million tonnes in Benin, a difference of 5.72 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 12 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Guinea ahead.

Benin ranks 20th and Guinea ranks 19th of 197 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
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: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.