Oil production in Benin
Benin: Oil production was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
99th
of 220 countries
All-time high
4.6 terawatt-hours
in 1985
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1980
Years of data
45
1980–2024
Oil production in Benin, 1980–2024
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0 terawatt-hours for oil production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
Over the whole period, oil production in Benin peaked at 4.6 terawatt-hours in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1980.
Benin ranks 99th of 220 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil production in Benin, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1981 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1982 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1983 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1984 | 3.29 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1985 | 4.6 terawatt-hours | +39.6% |
| 1986 | 4.6 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3.94 terawatt-hours | -14.3% |
| 1988 | 2.64 terawatt-hours | -33.1% |
| 1989 | 1.97 terawatt-hours | -25.2% |
| 1990 | 2.63 terawatt-hours | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 2.63 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2.64 terawatt-hours | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 2.63 terawatt-hours | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 1.97 terawatt-hours | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 1.31 terawatt-hours | -33.3% |
| 1996 | 0.6588 terawatt-hours | -49.9% |
| 1997 | 0.657 terawatt-hours | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.657 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2005 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2006 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2007 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2008 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2009 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2010 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2011 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2012 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2013 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2014 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2015 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2016 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2017 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2018 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2019 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2020 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.1 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 4.6 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.58 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 2.64 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 96 Morocco 0.0154 terawatt-hours compare
- 97 Jordan 0.0128 terawatt-hours compare
- 98 Spain 0.0076 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Ethiopia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Finland 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Micronesia (country) 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 Switzerland 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 99 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 99 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Benin
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 13.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil production in Benin?
- Oil production in Benin was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest oil production recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6 terawatt-hours in 1985.
- What is the lowest oil production recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1980.
- How does Benin rank for oil production?
- Benin ranks 99th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Oil production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours. Includes crude oil, condensates, natural gas liquids, and other liquid fuels.