Benin vs Sweden: Methane emissions

Benin

7.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Sweden

7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Benin rank

116th

Sweden rank

115th

Methane emissions over time

Benin
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 7.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Benin, a difference of 354,900 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

Benin ranks 116th and Sweden ranks 115th of 199 countries.

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Methane emissions in Benin
Methane emissions in Sweden
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Methane emissions
Unit: tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.