Benin vs Namibia: Nitrous oxide emissions

Benin

3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Namibia

3.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents

in 2024

Benin rank

103rd

Namibia rank

100th

Nitrous oxide emissions over time

Benin
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 3.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Benin, a difference of 130,220 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Namibia ahead.

Benin ranks 103rd and Namibia ranks 100th of 201 countries.

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Nitrous oxide emissions in Benin
Nitrous oxide emissions in Namibia
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About this data

Indicator: Nitrous oxide 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: 201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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