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Benin vs Ghana: Oil consumption per person

Benin
1,881 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
Ghana
1,733 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
Benin rank
171st
Ghana rank
174th

Oil consumption per person over time

  • Benin
  • Ghana
5001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k198020022024

How they compare

Benin currently reports 1,881 kilowatt-hours per person against 1,733 kilowatt-hours per person in Ghana, a difference of 148.7 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Ghana ahead.

Benin ranks 171st and Ghana ranks 174th of 218 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Oil consumption per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 10,532 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Includes refined petroleum products and other liquid fuels.