Ghana CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
24,171,006
tons
Year-over-Year
+4.08%
increase
Global Share
0.06%
Per Capita
0.73
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Ghana were 24,171,006 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions increased by 4.1% over the previous year, representing an increase by 946,403 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 23,224,603 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Ghana are equivalent to 0.73 tons per person, an increase by 0.01 over the figure of 0.71 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 2% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Ghana
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24,171,006 | 4.08% | 0.73 | 0.06% |
| 2023 | 23,224,603 | −2.37% | 0.71 | 0.06% |
| 2022 | 23,787,828 | −2.87% | 0.74 | 0.06% |
| 2021 | 24,491,580 | 6.74% | 0.78 | 0.06% |
| 2020 | 22,945,767 | 13.16% | 0.75 | 0.06% |
| 2019 | 20,276,641 | 6.4% | 0.67 | 0.05% |
| 2018 | 19,056,538 | 9.69% | 0.65 | 0.05% |
| 2017 | 17,372,506 | 8.31% | 0.6 | 0.05% |
| 2016 | 16,040,001 | 2.75% | 0.57 | 0.04% |
| 2015 | 15,610,639 | 5.23% | 0.57 | 0.04% |
| 2014 | 14,835,249 | −3.65% | 0.55 | 0.04% |
| 2013 | 15,397,690 | 6.37% | 0.58 | 0.04% |
| 2012 | 14,475,600 | 20.71% | 0.56 | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 11,992,244 | 7.77% | 0.48 | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 11,128,032 | 12.2% | 0.45 | 0.03% |
| 2009 | 9,918,094 | 14.64% | 0.41 | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 8,651,429 | −5.16% | 0.37 | 0.03% |
| 2007 | 9,122,545 | 5.58% | 0.4 | 0.03% |
| 2006 | 8,640,681 | 21.6% | 0.39 | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 7,105,801 | 5.79% | 0.33 | 0.02% |
| 2004 | 6,716,776 | −6.82% | 0.32 | 0.02% |
| 2003 | 7,208,263 | −6.15% | 0.35 | 0.03% |
| 2002 | 7,680,345 | 18.09% | 0.39 | 0.03% |
| 2001 | 6,503,591 | 8.08% | 0.33 | 0.03% |
| 2000 | 6,017,179 | −12.06% | 0.32 | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 6,842,651 | 9.13% | 0.37 | 0.03% |
| 1998 | 6,270,120 | 35.79% | 0.35 | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 4,617,431 | 5.17% | 0.26 | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 4,390,606 | 8.56% | 0.26 | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 4,044,314 | 7.46% | 0.24 | 0.02% |
| 1994 | 3,763,690 | 6.44% | 0.23 | 0.02% |
| 1993 | 3,535,826 | 3.17% | 0.22 | 0.02% |
| 1992 | 3,427,302 | 18.06% | 0.22 | 0.02% |
| 1991 | 2,902,956 | −7.29% | 0.19 | 0.01% |
| 1990 | 3,131,101 | −1.27% | 0.21 | 0.01% |
| 1989 | 3,171,523 | 11.57% | 0.22 | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 2,842,573 | 5.01% | 0.21 | 0.01% |
| 1987 | 2,706,929 | 6.62% | 0.2 | 0.01% |
| 1986 | 2,538,805 | 8.44% | 0.19 | 0.01% |
| 1985 | 2,341,172 | 17% | 0.18 | 0.01% |
| 1984 | 2,000,917 | 15.87% | 0.16 | 0.01% |
| 1983 | 1,726,888 | −36.82% | 0.15 | 0.01% |
| 1982 | 2,733,423 | −13.89% | 0.24 | 0.01% |
| 1981 | 3,174,445 | 19.2% | 0.29 | 0.02% |
| 1980 | 2,663,131 | 1.07% | 0.25 | 0.01% |
| 1979 | 2,635,031 | −11.32% | 0.25 | 0.01% |
| 1978 | 2,971,251 | −2.75% | 0.29 | 0.02% |
| 1977 | 3,055,219 | 3.22% | 0.3 | 0.02% |
| 1976 | 2,959,928 | 2.27% | 0.3 | 0.02% |
| 1975 | 2,894,141 | 6.46% | 0.29 | 0.02% |
| 1974 | 2,718,608 | 6.58% | 0.28 | 0.02% |
| 1973 | 2,550,784 | 2.18% | 0.27 | 0.01% |
| 1972 | 2,496,260 | 4.69% | 0.27 | 0.02% |
| 1971 | 2,384,321 | 1.69% | 0.27 | 0.02% |
| 1970 | 2,344,647 | – | 0.27 | 0.01% |
See also
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).