Ghana CO2 emissions data for 2015

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Ghana emit in 2015?

Ghana emitted 14.57 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015. This represents 0.04% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Ghana in 2015?

In 2015, Ghana emitted 0.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 28870946.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 14.57 million tonnes emitted by Ghana in 2015 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 11.86 0.41
Gas 2.44 0.08
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.03 0.0
Flaring 0.25 0.01

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