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
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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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.