Benin CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Benin emit in 2018?

Benin emitted 7.43 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Benin in 2018?

In 2018, Benin emitted 0.62 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 11940688.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 7.43 million tonnes emitted by Benin in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 7.01 0.59
Gas 0.04 0.0
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.39 0.03
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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