Benin vs Gabon: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil

Benin

115.79 million tonnes

in 2024

Gabon

106.59 million tonnes

in 2024

Benin rank

132nd

Gabon rank

134th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time

Benin currently reports 115.79 million tonnes against 106.59 million tonnes in Gabon, a difference of 9.20 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 132nd and Gabon ranks 134th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
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: 215 places, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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