Ghana CO2 Emissions

Fossil CO2 Emissions (2016)
14,469,986tons
Yearly Change
+3.54%
Global Share
0.04%
Tons per capita
0.49
  • Fossil CO2 emissions in Ghana were 14,469,986 tons in 2016.
  • CO2 emissions increased by 3.54% over the previous year, representing an increase by 495,166 tons over 2015, when CO2 emissions were 13,974,820 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in Ghana are equivalent to 0.49 tons per person (based on a population of 29,554,303 in 2016), an increase by 0.01 over the figure of 0.48 CO2 tons per person registered in 2015; this represents a change of 1.1% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Ghana

Year Fossil CO2
Emissions
(tons)
CO2 emisions
change
CO2 emissions
per capita
Population Pop.
change
Share of World's
CO2 emissions
2016 14,469,986 3.54% 0.49 29,554,303 2.37 % 0.04%
2015 13,974,820 2.08% 0.48 28,870,939 2.39 % 0.04%
2014 13,689,986 -3.37% 0.49 28,196,358 2.44 % 0.04%
2013 14,167,117 6.97% 0.51 27,525,597 2.48 % 0.04%
2012 13,244,093 6.40% 0.49 26,858,762 2.49 % 0.04%
2011 12,447,255 10.17% 0.47 26,205,941 2.47 % 0.03%
2010 11,298,231 15.30% 0.44 25,574,719 2.50 % 0.03%
2009 9,798,895 21.31% 0.39 24,950,762 2.57 % 0.03%
2008 8,077,878 -9.77% 0.33 24,326,087 2.61 % 0.02%
2007 8,952,822 4.02% 0.38 23,708,320 2.64 % 0.03%
2006 8,606,896 19.75% 0.37 23,098,586 2.67 % 0.02%
2005 7,187,096 7.40% 0.32 22,496,951 2.70 % 0.02%
2004 6,691,921 -6.08% 0.31 21,906,444 2.70 % 0.02%
2003 7,125,276 -8.40% 0.33 21,329,514 2.75 % 0.02%
2002 7,778,834 20.59% 0.37 20,758,326 2.79 % 0.02%
2001 6,450,714 5.94% 0.32 20,195,577 2.70 % 0.02%
2000 6,089,280 -10.96% 0.31 19,665,502 2.55 % 0.02%
1999 6,838,665 9.14% 0.36 19,176,791 2.47 % 0.02%
1998 6,265,894 36.43% 0.33 18,714,708 2.45 % 0.02%
1997 4,592,778 4.57% 0.25 18,268,040 2.38 % 0.01%
1996 4,391,855 8.59% 0.25 17,844,010 2.32 % 0.01%
1995 4,044,533 7.26% 0.23 17,438,874 2.34 % 0.01%
1994 3,770,720 6.70% 0.22 17,040,854 2.39 % 0.01%
1993 3,533,911 2.96% 0.21 16,643,633 2.48 % 0.01%
1992 3,432,289 17.86% 0.21 16,241,548 2.51 % 0.01%
1991 2,912,250 -7.03% 0.18 15,843,471 2.57 % 0.01%
1990 3,132,328 -1.48% 0.20 15,446,982 2.62 % 0.01%
1989 3,179,240 11.63% 0.21 15,052,447 2.60 % 0.01%
1988 2,848,118 5.06% 0.19 14,671,677 2.52 % 0.01%
1987 2,710,839 6.53% 0.19 14,310,790 2.43 % 0.01%
1986 2,544,722 8.24% 0.18 13,971,682 2.35 % 0.01%
1985 2,350,894 17.21% 0.17 13,651,443 2.32 % 0.01%
1984 2,005,745 16.23% 0.15 13,342,487 2.76 % 0.01%
1983 1,725,650 -37.24% 0.13 12,984,131 3.17 % 0.00%
1982 2,749,709 -13.91% 0.22 12,584,976 3.05 % 0.01%
1981 3,194,086 20.62% 0.26 12,212,960 2.93 % 0.01%
1980 2,647,954 1.03% 0.22 11,865,246 3.04 % 0.01%
1979 2,621,023 -11.39% 0.23 11,515,675 3.16 % 0.01%
1978 2,957,917 -2.76% 0.26 11,163,230 3.12 % 0.01%
1977 3,041,915 3.21% 0.28 10,825,496 3.01 % 0.01%
1976 2,947,259 2.29% 0.28 10,509,006 2.93 % 0.01%
1975 2,881,385 6.53% 0.28 10,209,848 2.93 % 0.01%
1974 2,704,727 6.64% 0.27 9,918,979 2.92 % 0.01%
1973 2,536,397 2.19% 0.26 9,637,197 2.90 % 0.01%
1972 2,482,108 4.72% 0.27 9,365,952 2.82 % 0.01%
1971 2,370,259 1.68% 0.26 9,108,878 2.79 % 0.01%

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