Benin vs Switzerland: Greenhouse gas emissions

Benin
40.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Switzerland
40.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Benin rank
106th
Switzerland rank
108th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Benin
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 40.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 40.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Switzerland, a difference of 824,500 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Switzerland ahead.

Benin ranks 106th and Switzerland ranks 108th 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.