Colombia vs Ghana: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Colombia
0.3%
in 2024
Ghana
0.3%
in 2024
Colombia rank
43rd
Ghana rank
45th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Colombia
- Ghana
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Ghana, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 43rd and Ghana ranks 45th of 197 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.9% | Colombia |
| 1860s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | Colombia |
| 1870s | 1.6% | 0.2% | 1.4% | Colombia |
| 1880s | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.5% | Colombia |
| 1890s | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.6% | Colombia |
| 1900s | 2.3% | 0.3% | 2.0% | Colombia |
| 1910s | 3.4% | 0.2% | 3.2% | Colombia |
| 1920s | 3.9% | 0.5% | 3.4% | Colombia |
| 1930s | 2.9% | 0.5% | 2.4% | Colombia |
| 1940s | 4.7% | 0.7% | 4.0% | Colombia |
| 1950s | 4.4% | 1.0% | 3.4% | Colombia |
| 1960s | 3.0% | 0.4% | 2.7% | Colombia |
| 1970s | 1.9% | 0.2% | 1.7% | Colombia |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Colombia |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Colombia |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Colombia |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.5% | Colombia |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Colombia or Ghana?
- Colombia, 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 Colombia and Ghana?
- 0.0%, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Ghana?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Ghana rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Colombia ranks 43rd 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.