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Benin vs Congo: Greenhouse gas emissions

Benin
40.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Congo
41.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Benin rank
106th
Congo rank
104th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Benin
  • Congo
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 41.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 40.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Benin, a difference of 943,800 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Congo ahead.

Benin ranks 106th and Congo ranks 104th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas 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

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