Benin vs Niger: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources

Benin
0.04 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Niger
0.03 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Benin rank
168th
Niger rank
170th

Electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time

  • Benin
  • Niger
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.04 terawatt-hours against 0.03 terawatt-hours in Niger, a difference of 0.01 terawatt-hours.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.3 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Niger ahead.

Benin ranks 168th and Niger ranks 170th of 209 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
216 places, 7,081 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours. Low-carbon sources correspond to renewables and nuclear power, that produce significantly less greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. Renewables include solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave, and tidal.