# Benchmarks
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/carbon-calculator/documentation/use-cases/engagement-services/benchmarks/index.md

The **Benchmarks** service delivers country-based consumption figures based on your country of origin.

It provides benchmarks for the specified country, if available, and the prognostic mandated by the Paris Agreement in metric tons for the year 2020, by month or yearly.

## Pre-requisites {#pre-requisites}

There are no pre-requisites for the issuer to use this service.
Tip: To create your project on Mastercard Developers, refer to the [Before You Start](https://developer.mastercard.com/carbon-calculator/documentation/index.md#before-you-start) section for more information.

## Sequence Diagram {#sequence-diagram}

The following sequence diagram shows the order of events for a solution that uses the `/benchmarks` endpoint.

Diagram engagement-benchmarks

**Following are the execution steps:**

1. The consumer requests the issuer app to get benchmarks.
2. The issuer app requests the issuer server to get benchmarks.
3. The issuer server sends the benchmarks request with the country code to the Carbon Calculator application.
4. The Carbon Calculator application validates the request.
5. If the request is valid, the Carbon Calculator application responds with the benchmarks for the specified country.
6. The issuer server returns the benchmarks to the issuer app.
7. The issuer app sends the benchmarks to the consumer.

You will receive an error response for an invalid request or any missing request parameter.
Note: For more information about the error codes, refer to [Code and Formats](https://developer.mastercard.com/carbon-calculator/documentation/code-and-formats/index.md).

## Endpoint {#endpoint}


API Reference: `GET /benchmarks`