Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Benin
10.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
9.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Benin rank
126th
Equatorial Guinea rank
128th

Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time

  • Benin
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 10.36 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 9.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 623,190 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 126th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 128th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
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
198 places, 34,488 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.