Benin vs Niger: Share of electricity generation from low-carbon sources

Benin
4.0%
in 2024
Niger
3.2%
in 2024
Benin rank
180th
Niger rank
183rd

Share of electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time

  • Benin
  • Niger
01234200020122024

How they compare

Benin currently reports 4.0% against 3.2% in Niger, a difference of 0.8%.

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 180th and Niger ranks 183rd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of electricity generation from low-carbon sources
Unit
%
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 6,483 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region. 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.