Ghana vs Kenya: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

Ghana

21.02 million tonnes

in 2024

Kenya

21.23 million tonnes

in 2024

Ghana rank

87th

Kenya rank

86th

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

Kenya currently reports 21.23 million tonnes against 21.02 million tonnes in Ghana, a difference of 203,500 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Ghana ranks 87th and Kenya ranks 86th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 216 places, 23,583 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.