Ghana CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Ghana emit in 2018?

Ghana emitted 15.19 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.04% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Ghana in 2018?

In 2018, Ghana emitted 0.49 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 30870648.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 15.19 million tonnes emitted by Ghana in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	11.44	0.37
Gas	3.38	0.11
Coal	0.0	0.0
Cement	0.02	0.0
Flaring	0.35	0.01

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