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Ghana Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
48,093,949
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2.72%
increase
Global Share
0.09%
Per Capita
1.44
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Ghana were 48,093,949 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2.72% over the previous year, representing an increase by 1,271,438 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 46,822,511 tons.
  • Per capita: 1.44 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Ghana accounts for 0.09% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 48,093,949 24,171,006 18,112,603 3,515,053 2,295,287 1.44 2.72% 0.090%
2023 46,822,511 23,224,603 18,064,515 3,387,047 2,146,347 1.43 −0.2% 0.089%
2022 46,917,919 23,787,828 17,754,223 3,378,959 1,996,909 1.47 0.83% 0.091%
2021 46,529,699 24,491,580 16,974,253 3,215,399 1,848,467 1.48 1.82% 0.091%
2020 45,700,024 22,945,767 17,772,497 3,285,685 1,696,075 1.49 7.04% 0.093%
2019 42,694,729 20,276,641 17,824,993 3,044,501 1,548,594 1.42 5.53% 0.084%
2018 40,457,491 19,056,538 17,022,696 2,974,224 1,404,033 1.37 5.27% 0.080%
2017 38,432,093 17,372,506 16,916,105 2,904,539 1,238,943 1.33 10.98% 0.078%
2016 34,630,670 16,040,001 14,690,273 2,795,443 1,104,952 1.23 1.97% 0.071%
2015 33,959,981 15,610,639 14,669,343 2,710,450 969,548 1.23 3.96% 0.070%
2014 32,665,553 14,835,249 14,347,157 2,602,078 881,069 1.21 0.6% 0.067%
2013 32,470,467 15,397,690 13,710,865 2,553,901 808,012 1.23 6.94% 0.067%
2012 30,363,766 14,475,600 12,664,420 2,435,945 787,801 1.18 10.32% 0.064%
2011 27,522,181 11,992,244 12,363,158 2,390,085 776,695 1.1 12.34% 0.059%
2010 24,498,691 11,128,032 10,382,026 2,229,091 759,542 1 5.81% 0.054%
2009 23,153,297 9,918,094 10,309,202 2,161,973 764,029 0.97 5.06% 0.054%
2008 22,037,284 8,651,429 10,524,389 2,112,443 749,022 0.95 8.17% 0.050%
2007 20,373,495 9,122,545 8,513,887 2,012,902 724,161 0.9 2.79% 0.047%
2006 19,819,738 8,640,681 8,428,409 2,012,892 737,756 0.9 10.87% 0.047%
2005 17,876,650 7,105,801 8,113,746 1,989,091 668,012 0.83 4.42% 0.044%
2004 17,119,756 6,716,776 8,008,521 1,841,336 553,122 0.82 −0.53% 0.043%
2003 17,210,551 7,208,263 7,668,075 1,855,393 478,819 0.84 −1.89% 0.045%
2002 17,541,934 7,680,345 7,574,746 1,806,201 480,642 0.88 8.58% 0.048%
2001 16,155,413 6,503,591 7,432,208 1,829,929 389,684 0.83 3.96% 0.045%
2000 15,540,592 6,017,179 7,296,944 1,760,819 465,649 0.82 −3.34% 0.043%
1999 16,078,071 6,842,651 7,112,430 1,766,245 356,745 0.87 6.09% 0.046%
1998 15,154,464 6,270,120 6,959,168 1,744,204 180,972 0.84 12.91% 0.044%
1997 13,421,826 4,617,431 6,784,665 1,559,586 460,144 0.76 2.73% 0.039%
1996 13,065,741 4,390,606 6,618,961 1,651,059 405,115 0.76 5.45% 0.038%
1995 12,390,179 4,044,314 6,376,633 1,584,219 385,014 0.74 3.43% 0.037%
1994 11,979,672 3,763,690 6,210,941 1,547,868 457,172 0.73 3.48% 0.037%
1993 11,577,066 3,535,826 6,039,113 1,449,895 552,231 0.73 2.91% 0.036%
1992 11,249,599 3,427,302 5,859,511 1,397,972 564,815 0.73 5.1% 0.035%
1991 10,703,972 2,902,956 5,810,522 1,444,877 545,618 0.71 2.2% 0.033%
1990 10,473,499 3,131,101 5,407,161 1,389,495 545,742 0.72 −0.81% 0.032%
1989 10,559,240 3,171,523 5,420,538 1,409,428 557,751 0.74 7.06% 0.033%
1988 9,862,801 2,842,573 5,237,614 1,223,863 558,752 0.71 2.27% 0.031%
1987 9,643,875 2,706,929 5,124,771 1,266,053 546,123 0.72 4.9% 0.032%
1986 9,193,818 2,538,805 4,894,405 1,284,198 476,410 0.7 7.38% 0.031%
1985 8,562,196 2,341,172 4,822,500 1,205,032 193,491 0.67 8.08% 0.029%
1984 7,921,873 2,000,917 4,625,726 1,114,069 181,161 0.64 6.3% 0.027%
1983 7,452,535 1,726,888 4,382,408 1,174,023 169,216 0.63 −16.85% 0.027%
1982 8,963,262 2,733,423 4,291,450 1,185,959 752,430 0.78 −0.9% 0.032%
1981 9,044,333 3,174,445 4,246,821 934,324 688,743 0.81 7.39% 0.032%
1980 8,421,598 2,663,131 4,104,668 905,369 748,431 0.78 0.49% 0.030%
1979 8,380,826 2,635,031 4,187,704 885,301 672,789 0.79 1.02% 0.029%
1978 8,296,275 2,971,251 4,002,651 880,483 441,891 0.8 −2.24% 0.030%
1977 8,486,426 3,055,219 3,942,890 879,224 609,093 0.83 2.12% 0.031%
1976 8,310,066 2,959,928 3,850,213 894,813 605,112 0.83 1.49% 0.031%
1975 8,187,813 2,894,141 3,820,928 903,461 569,283 0.83 1.08% 0.032%
1974 8,100,143 2,718,608 3,835,975 920,544 625,017 0.84 8.04% 0.032%
1973 7,497,184 2,550,784 3,486,547 854,741 605,112 0.8 1.88% 0.029%
1972 7,358,495 2,496,260 3,471,403 861,358 529,473 0.81 6.03% 0.030%
1971 6,940,059 2,384,321 3,295,518 818,329 441,891 0.79 1.39% 0.030%
1970 6,845,153 2,344,647 3,237,557 813,096 449,853 0.8 – 0.029%

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).