Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Benin
Benin: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita was 3.05 tonnes per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
3.05 tonnes per person
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
14th
of 194 countries
All-time high
8.48 tonnes per person
in 1996
All-time low
-5.4 tonnes per person
in 1857
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Benin, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Benin is 3.05 tonnes per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Benin peaked at 8.48 tonnes per person in 1996 and was at its lowest, -5.4 tonnes per person, in 1857.
That places Benin 14th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Benin, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | -5.01 tonnes per person | — |
| 1851 | -5.15 tonnes per person | +2.9% |
| 1852 | -5.23 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 1853 | -5.29 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1854 | -5.33 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 1855 | -5.37 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 1856 | -5.3 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1857 | -5.4 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 1858 | -5.14 tonnes per person | -5.0% |
| 1859 | -5.38 tonnes per person | +4.7% |
| 1860 | -5 tonnes per person | -6.9% |
| 1861 | -4.65 tonnes per person | -7.1% |
| 1862 | -4.31 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1863 | -3.99 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1864 | -3.7 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1865 | -3.44 tonnes per person | -7.2% |
| 1866 | -3.19 tonnes per person | -7.2% |
| 1867 | -2.97 tonnes per person | -7.1% |
| 1868 | -2.76 tonnes per person | -7.0% |
| 1869 | -2.56 tonnes per person | -7.0% |
| 1870 | -2.32 tonnes per person | -9.4% |
| 1871 | -2.13 tonnes per person | -8.1% |
| 1872 | -1.97 tonnes per person | -7.8% |
| 1873 | -1.82 tonnes per person | -7.6% |
| 1874 | -1.68 tonnes per person | -7.6% |
| 1875 | -1.55 tonnes per person | -7.5% |
| 1876 | -1.44 tonnes per person | -7.5% |
| 1877 | -1.33 tonnes per person | -7.4% |
| 1878 | -1.23 tonnes per person | -7.4% |
| 1879 | -1.14 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1880 | -1.07 tonnes per person | -6.3% |
| 1881 | -0.9986 tonnes per person | -6.8% |
| 1882 | -0.9307 tonnes per person | -6.8% |
| 1883 | -0.8674 tonnes per person | -6.8% |
| 1884 | -0.8089 tonnes per person | -6.8% |
| 1885 | -0.7541 tonnes per person | -6.8% |
| 1886 | -0.7031 tonnes per person | -6.8% |
| 1887 | -0.6558 tonnes per person | -6.7% |
| 1888 | -0.6124 tonnes per person | -6.6% |
| 1889 | -0.5721 tonnes per person | -6.6% |
| 1890 | -0.553 tonnes per person | -3.3% |
| 1891 | -0.5259 tonnes per person | -4.9% |
| 1892 | -0.4976 tonnes per person | -5.4% |
| 1893 | -0.4691 tonnes per person | -5.7% |
| 1894 | -0.4446 tonnes per person | -5.2% |
| 1895 | -0.4199 tonnes per person | -5.6% |
| 1896 | -0.3965 tonnes per person | -5.6% |
| 1897 | -0.3748 tonnes per person | -5.5% |
| 1898 | -0.1344 tonnes per person | -64.1% |
| 1899 | -0.2633 tonnes per person | +95.9% |
| 1900 | -0.2693 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 1901 | -0.257 tonnes per person | -4.6% |
| 1902 | -0.2257 tonnes per person | -12.2% |
| 1903 | -0.2184 tonnes per person | -3.2% |
| 1904 | -0.2039 tonnes per person | -6.6% |
| 1905 | -0.1891 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1906 | -0.1751 tonnes per person | -7.4% |
| 1907 | -0.1624 tonnes per person | -7.2% |
| 1908 | -0.0308 tonnes per person | -81.0% |
| 1909 | -0.0996 tonnes per person | +223.0% |
| 1910 | -0.0868 tonnes per person | -12.9% |
| 1911 | -0.0763 tonnes per person | -12.1% |
| 1912 | -0.0691 tonnes per person | -9.4% |
| 1913 | -0.0606 tonnes per person | -12.3% |
| 1914 | -0.0523 tonnes per person | -13.7% |
| 1915 | -0.047 tonnes per person | -10.2% |
| 1916 | -0.0418 tonnes per person | -11.1% |
| 1917 | -0.0387 tonnes per person | -7.4% |
| 1918 | -0.0231 tonnes per person | -40.3% |
| 1919 | -0.0293 tonnes per person | +26.7% |
| 1920 | 0.0702 tonnes per person | -340.1% |
| 1921 | 0.1614 tonnes per person | +129.8% |
| 1922 | 0.2469 tonnes per person | +53.0% |
| 1923 | 0.3296 tonnes per person | +33.5% |
| 1924 | 0.4046 tonnes per person | +22.8% |
| 1925 | 0.4855 tonnes per person | +20.0% |
| 1926 | 0.5393 tonnes per person | +11.1% |
| 1927 | 0.5922 tonnes per person | +9.8% |
| 1928 | 0.6841 tonnes per person | +15.5% |
| 1929 | 0.6832 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1930 | 0.733 tonnes per person | +7.3% |
| 1931 | 0.7617 tonnes per person | +3.9% |
| 1932 | 0.7701 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1933 | 0.7946 tonnes per person | +3.2% |
| 1934 | 0.7933 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1935 | 0.7945 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1936 | 0.8656 tonnes per person | +8.9% |
| 1937 | 0.816 tonnes per person | -5.7% |
| 1938 | 0.8657 tonnes per person | +6.1% |
| 1939 | 0.8057 tonnes per person | -6.9% |
| 1940 | 2.21 tonnes per person | +174.0% |
| 1941 | 2.8 tonnes per person | +26.9% |
| 1942 | 3.15 tonnes per person | +12.4% |
| 1943 | 3.31 tonnes per person | +5.1% |
| 1944 | 3.5 tonnes per person | +5.9% |
| 1945 | 3.55 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
| 1946 | 3.58 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 1947 | 3.63 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 1948 | 3.61 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1949 | 3.71 tonnes per person | +2.8% |
| 1950 | 2.75 tonnes per person | -25.8% |
| 1951 | 2.24 tonnes per person | -18.7% |
| 1952 | 1.95 tonnes per person | -13.0% |
| 1953 | 1.95 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1954 | 1.99 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 1955 | 2.05 tonnes per person | +3.3% |
| 1956 | 2.22 tonnes per person | +8.0% |
| 1957 | 2.42 tonnes per person | +9.0% |
| 1958 | 2.7 tonnes per person | +11.7% |
| 1959 | 2.85 tonnes per person | +5.4% |
| 1960 | 1.9 tonnes per person | -33.1% |
| 1961 | 3 tonnes per person | +57.3% |
| 1962 | 3.28 tonnes per person | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 3.39 tonnes per person | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 3.64 tonnes per person | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 4.24 tonnes per person | +16.6% |
| 1966 | 5.33 tonnes per person | +25.7% |
| 1967 | 5.42 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 7.95 tonnes per person | +46.8% |
| 1969 | 5.23 tonnes per person | -34.3% |
| 1970 | 5.25 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 4.89 tonnes per person | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 4.19 tonnes per person | -14.4% |
| 1973 | 3.97 tonnes per person | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 4.48 tonnes per person | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 4 tonnes per person | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 4.23 tonnes per person | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 3.85 tonnes per person | -9.0% |
| 1978 | 3.48 tonnes per person | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 3.83 tonnes per person | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 3.83 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 3.86 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 2.7 tonnes per person | -29.9% |
| 1983 | 3.1 tonnes per person | +14.6% |
| 1984 | 3.35 tonnes per person | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 3.3 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 2.53 tonnes per person | -23.3% |
| 1987 | 2.21 tonnes per person | -12.6% |
| 1988 | 1.66 tonnes per person | -25.1% |
| 1989 | 2.12 tonnes per person | +27.8% |
| 1990 | 1.79 tonnes per person | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 2.02 tonnes per person | +12.6% |
| 1992 | 2.41 tonnes per person | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 3.27 tonnes per person | +35.8% |
| 1994 | 5.07 tonnes per person | +55.0% |
| 1995 | 7.67 tonnes per person | +51.2% |
| 1996 | 8.48 tonnes per person | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 8.31 tonnes per person | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 6.31 tonnes per person | -24.0% |
| 1999 | 5.93 tonnes per person | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 5.08 tonnes per person | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 5.32 tonnes per person | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 5.2 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 3.55 tonnes per person | -31.7% |
| 2004 | 3.51 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 1.99 tonnes per person | -43.4% |
| 2006 | 1.98 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 4.44 tonnes per person | +124.0% |
| 2008 | 4.61 tonnes per person | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 1.91 tonnes per person | -58.6% |
| 2010 | 2.62 tonnes per person | +37.6% |
| 2011 | 3.26 tonnes per person | +24.2% |
| 2012 | 4.31 tonnes per person | +32.1% |
| 2013 | 2.63 tonnes per person | -38.9% |
| 2014 | 2.49 tonnes per person | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 1.07 tonnes per person | -57.0% |
| 2016 | 2.6 tonnes per person | +143.0% |
| 2017 | 4.52 tonnes per person | +74.1% |
| 2018 | 3.95 tonnes per person | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 1.85 tonnes per person | -53.2% |
| 2020 | 2.69 tonnes per person | +45.4% |
| 2021 | 3.38 tonnes per person | +25.8% |
| 2022 | 3.09 tonnes per person | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 3.05 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 3.05 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 3.05 tonnes per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3182 tonnes per person, 9.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 3.05 tonnes per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7654 tonnes per person, 4.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | +340.1% | -0.0293 tonnes per person | 0.0702 tonnes per person |
| 1909 | -223.0% | -0.0308 tonnes per person | -0.0996 tonnes per person |
| 1940 | +174.0% | 0.8057 tonnes per person | 2.21 tonnes per person |
| 2016 | +143.0% | 1.07 tonnes per person | 2.6 tonnes per person |
| 1921 | +129.8% | 0.0702 tonnes per person | 0.1614 tonnes per person |
| 2007 | +124.0% | 1.98 tonnes per person | 4.44 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -5.26 tonnes per person | -5.4 tonnes per person | -5.01 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1860s | -3.66 tonnes per person | -5 tonnes per person | -2.56 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1870s | -1.66 tonnes per person | -2.32 tonnes per person | -1.14 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1880s | -0.7974 tonnes per person | -1.07 tonnes per person | -0.5721 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1890s | -0.4079 tonnes per person | -0.553 tonnes per person | -0.1344 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1900s | -0.1831 tonnes per person | -0.2693 tonnes per person | -0.0308 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1910s | -0.0525 tonnes per person | -0.0868 tonnes per person | -0.0231 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.4197 tonnes per person | 0.0702 tonnes per person | 0.6841 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.8 tonnes per person | 0.733 tonnes per person | 0.8657 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 3.3 tonnes per person | 2.21 tonnes per person | 3.71 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 2.31 tonnes per person | 1.95 tonnes per person | 2.85 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.34 tonnes per person | 1.9 tonnes per person | 7.95 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.22 tonnes per person | 3.48 tonnes per person | 5.25 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.87 tonnes per person | 1.66 tonnes per person | 3.86 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.12 tonnes per person | 1.79 tonnes per person | 8.48 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.76 tonnes per person | 1.91 tonnes per person | 5.32 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.93 tonnes per person | 1.07 tonnes per person | 4.52 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.05 tonnes per person | 2.69 tonnes per person | 3.38 tonnes per person | 5 |
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More climate change data for Benin
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- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,760 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,583 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,177 kt (2050)
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- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 256.1 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 200.98 kt (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Benin?
- Annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Benin was 3.05 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 8.48 tonnes per person in 1996.
- What is the lowest annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.4 tonnes per person in 1857.
- How does Benin rank for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Benin ranks 14th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.