Benin vs Ghana: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Benin

2.66 million tonnes

in 2024

Ghana

4.16 million tonnes

in 1997

Benin rank

125th

Ghana rank

122nd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Ghana currently reports 4.16 million tonnes against 2.66 million tonnes in Benin, a difference of 1.50 million tonnes.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.6 times Benin's.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 125th and Ghana ranks 122nd of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.