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Benin vs Italy: Carbon intensity of energy

Benin
193.13 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Italy
194.99 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Benin rank
130th
Italy rank
128th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Benin
  • Italy
200300400500600196519942024

How they compare

Italy currently reports 194.99 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 193.13 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Benin, a difference of 1.85 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 130th and Italy ranks 128th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of energy
Unit
grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
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Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.