Ghana CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Ghana emit in 2017?
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Ghana emitted 12.44 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
This represents 0.03% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Ghana in 2017?
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In 2017, Ghana emitted 0.41 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 30222266.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 12.44 million tonnes emitted by Ghana in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
9.45 |
0.31 |
| Gas |
2.36 |
0.08 |
| Coal |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
0.02 |
0.0 |
| Flaring |
0.61 |
0.02 |
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