Ghana CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Ghana emit in 2016?

Ghana emitted 13.92 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 0.04% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Ghana in 2016?

In 2016, Ghana emitted 0.47 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 29554298.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 13.92 million tonnes emitted by Ghana in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 12.37 0.42
Gas 1.43 0.05
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.03 0.0
Flaring 0.09 0.0

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