Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total
CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total over time
- Benin
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Benin currently reports 4,855 thousand metric tons against 4,815 thousand metric tons in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 40 thousand metric tons.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th of 51 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Equatorial Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 145.21 thousand metric tons | 27.14 thousand metric tons | 118.08 thousand metric tons | Benin |
| 1970s | 348.37 thousand metric tons | 59.04 thousand metric tons | 289.33 thousand metric tons | Benin |
| 1980s | 560.32 thousand metric tons | 81.41 thousand metric tons | 478.91 thousand metric tons | Benin |
| 1990s | 1,143 thousand metric tons | 186.28 thousand metric tons | 957.09 thousand metric tons | Benin |
| 2000s | 3,036 thousand metric tons | 4,366 thousand metric tons | 1,329 thousand metric tons | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total, Benin or Equatorial Guinea?
- Benin, at 4,855 thousand metric tons against 4,815 thousand metric tons in Equatorial Guinea as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total between Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
- 40 thousand metric tons, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
- How do Benin and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total?
- Benin ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 17th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total (thousand metric tons). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring). The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set). Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide). Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds. Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values. Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections. Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries. The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.