Ghana CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Ghana emit in 2021?

Ghana emitted 20.97 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 0.06% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Ghana in 2021?

In 2021, Ghana emitted 0.64 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 32833036.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 20.97 million tonnes emitted by Ghana in 2021 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 13.26 0.4
Gas 6.54 0.2
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.04 0.0
Flaring 1.13 0.03

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