Afghanistan vs Ghana: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita

Afghanistan
0.4279 tonnes per person
in 2024
Ghana
0.3931 tonnes per person
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
63rd
Ghana rank
66th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.4279 tonnes per person against 0.3931 tonnes per person in Ghana, a difference of 0.0348 tonnes per person.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 63rd and Ghana ranks 66th of 194 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Ghana Difference Ahead
1850s 0.7577 tonnes per person 2.03 tonnes per person 1.28 tonnes per person Ghana
1860s 0.7558 tonnes per person 2.38 tonnes per person 1.62 tonnes per person Ghana
1870s 0.9052 tonnes per person 3.18 tonnes per person 2.27 tonnes per person Ghana
1880s 1.1 tonnes per person 4.19 tonnes per person 3.08 tonnes per person Ghana
1890s 1.19 tonnes per person 4.68 tonnes per person 3.49 tonnes per person Ghana
1900s 1.17 tonnes per person 4.56 tonnes per person 3.39 tonnes per person Ghana
1910s 0.862 tonnes per person 3.5 tonnes per person 2.63 tonnes per person Ghana
1920s 0.7304 tonnes per person 7.53 tonnes per person 6.8 tonnes per person Ghana
1930s 0.9019 tonnes per person 7.46 tonnes per person 6.56 tonnes per person Ghana
1940s 0.8562 tonnes per person 8.72 tonnes per person 7.86 tonnes per person Ghana
1950s 1.35 tonnes per person 13.44 tonnes per person 12.09 tonnes per person Ghana
1960s 1.1 tonnes per person 3.28 tonnes per person 2.18 tonnes per person Ghana
1970s 0.3324 tonnes per person 1.22 tonnes per person 0.8842 tonnes per person Ghana
1980s 0.1485 tonnes per person 1.95 tonnes per person 1.8 tonnes per person Ghana
1990s -0.0482 tonnes per person 2.16 tonnes per person 2.2 tonnes per person Ghana
2000s 0.0759 tonnes per person 0.914 tonnes per person 0.8381 tonnes per person Ghana
2010s 0.0526 tonnes per person 0.6876 tonnes per person 0.635 tonnes per person Ghana
2020s 0.2633 tonnes per person 0.4034 tonnes per person 0.1401 tonnes per person Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Afghanistan or Ghana?
Afghanistan, at 0.4279 tonnes per person against 0.3931 tonnes per person in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Afghanistan and Ghana?
0.0348 tonnes per person, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Ghana?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Ghana rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
Afghanistan ranks 63rd and Ghana ranks 66th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 33,660 data points, 1850–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.