Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Benin
Benin: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions was 0.5977 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Benin, 1990–2023
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
Benin recorded 0.5977 tonnes per person for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in 2023.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Benin peaked at 0.9217 tonnes per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.1996 tonnes per person, in 1990.
That places Benin 108th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2514 tonnes per person | 0.1996 tonnes per person | 0.3185 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5826 tonnes per person | 0.3197 tonnes per person | 0.9217 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7182 tonnes per person | 0.5449 tonnes per person | 0.8926 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5988 tonnes per person | 0.5709 tonnes per person | 0.6248 tonnes per person | 4 |
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More climate change data for Benin
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.4% (2100)
- Population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Population, total 14.81 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.9% (2025)
- Urban population 7.91 million (2025)
- Urban population 53.4% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.4194 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 128.38 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.4194 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.4194 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Benin?
- Per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Benin was 0.5977 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9217 tonnes per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1996 tonnes per person in 1990.
- How does Benin rank for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- Benin ranks 108th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.