Benin CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Benin emit in 2016?

Benin emitted 6.49 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Benin in 2016?

In 2016, Benin emitted 0.58 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 11260091.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6.49 million tonnes emitted by Benin in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 6.07 0.54
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.21 0.02
Cement 0.21 0.02
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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