Benin vs Niger: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Benin

1.60 billion tonnes

in 2024

Niger

1.87 billion tonnes

in 2024

Benin rank

75th

Niger rank

72nd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Niger currently reports 1.87 billion tonnes against 1.60 billion tonnes in Benin, a difference of 276.38 million tonnes.

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

Across all 175 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 75th and Niger ranks 72nd of 197 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative 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

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