Bangladesh vs Ghana: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Bangladesh
0.3%
in 2024
Ghana
0.3%
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
42nd
Ghana rank
45th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Bangladesh
- Ghana
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Ghana, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 42nd and Ghana ranks 45th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 10 and Ghana in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1860s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1870s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Bangladesh |
| 1880s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1890s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Bangladesh |
| 1900s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1910s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Bangladesh |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Ghana |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Ghana |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Ghana |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Ghana |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Bangladesh or Ghana?
- Bangladesh, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Bangladesh and Ghana?
- 0.0%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Ghana?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Ghana rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Bangladesh ranks 42nd and Ghana ranks 45th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.