CO₂ emissions per capita: Benin
0.4194466 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4194466 |
| 2023 | 0.4200842 |
| 2022 | 0.44276863 |
| 2021 | 0.43283412 |
| 2020 | 0.42393637 |
| 2019 | 0.41429225 |
| 2018 | 0.45774767 |
| 2017 | 0.46138746 |
| 2016 | 0.4539761 |
| 2015 | 0.46812668 |
| 2014 | 0.4328207 |
| 2013 | 0.42637473 |
| 2012 | 0.42341638 |
| 2011 | 0.44381663 |
| 2010 | 0.4776112 |
| 2009 | 0.44424498 |
| 2008 | 0.42466354 |
| 2007 | 0.43901852 |
| 2006 | 0.38548398 |
| 2005 | 0.29547676 |
| 2004 | 0.31787828 |
| 2003 | 0.30253705 |
| 2002 | 0.27491033 |
| 2001 | 0.22685939 |
| 2000 | 0.20396094 |
| 1999 | 0.20876396 |
| 1998 | 0.16405587 |
| 1997 | 0.18591908 |
| 1996 | 0.18520522 |
| 1995 | 0.1535734 |
| 1994 | 0.1495162 |
| 1993 | 0.13748719 |
| 1992 | 0.11943116 |
| 1991 | 0.113761224 |
| 1990 | 0.10969383 |
| 1989 | 0.11132409 |
| 1988 | 0.102278024 |
| 1987 | 0.098308034 |
| 1986 | 0.13346456 |
| 1985 | 0.15124954 |
| 1984 | 0.10174897 |
| 1983 | 0.094511054 |
| 1982 | 0.10646821 |
| 1981 | 0.095904276 |
| 1980 | 0.122240625 |
| 1979 | 0.095953 |
| 1978 | 0.09755405 |
| 1977 | 0.08191212 |
| 1976 | 0.073649324 |
| 1975 | 0.12867685 |
| 1974 | 0.120948225 |
| 1973 | 0.11605177 |
| 1972 | 0.121084355 |
| 1971 | 0.09350612 |
| 1970 | 0.092046455 |
| 1969 | 0.06721299 |
| 1968 | 0.052445233 |
| 1967 | 0.049737558 |
| 1966 | 0.040359292 |
| 1965 | 0.05446972 |
| 1964 | 0.052846055 |
| 1963 | 0.045577105 |
| 1962 | 0.052048113 |
| 1961 | 0.050108846 |
| 1960 | 0.0640435 |
| 1959 | 0.041385747 |
| 1958 | 0.050984047 |
| 1957 | 0.061848186 |
| 1956 | 0.06115266 |
| 1955 | 0.053425036 |
| 1954 | 0.05416255 |
| 1953 | 0.046421286 |
| 1952 | 0.056373753 |
| 1951 | 0.050823662 |
| 1950 | 0.06123682 |