Ghana CO2 emissions data for 2019

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Ghana emit in 2019?

Ghana emitted 16.42 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019. This represents 0.04% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Ghana in 2019?

In 2019, Ghana emitted 0.52 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 31522294.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 16.42 million tonnes emitted by Ghana in 2019 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 12.02 0.38
Gas 4.1 0.13
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.03 0.0
Flaring 0.26 0.01

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