Ghana CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Ghana emit in 2020?

Ghana emitted 19.17 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 0.05% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Ghana in 2020?

In 2020, Ghana emitted 0.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 32180402.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 19.17 million tonnes emitted by Ghana in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 12.26 0.38
Gas 6.21 0.19
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.03 0.0
Flaring 0.66 0.02

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