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

Ghana
0.3931 tonnes per person
in 2024
Portugal
0.3951 tonnes per person
in 2024
Ghana rank
66th
Portugal rank
65th

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

  • Ghana
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.3951 tonnes per person against 0.3931 tonnes per person in Ghana, a difference of 0.002 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Portugal ahead.

Ghana ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 65th of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Portugal Difference Ahead
1850s 2.03 tonnes per person 0.5908 tonnes per person 1.44 tonnes per person Ghana
1860s 2.38 tonnes per person 0.8678 tonnes per person 1.51 tonnes per person Ghana
1870s 3.18 tonnes per person 0.9721 tonnes per person 2.21 tonnes per person Ghana
1880s 4.19 tonnes per person 1.09 tonnes per person 3.09 tonnes per person Ghana
1890s 4.68 tonnes per person 0.9028 tonnes per person 3.78 tonnes per person Ghana
1900s 4.56 tonnes per person 0.9587 tonnes per person 3.6 tonnes per person Ghana
1910s 3.5 tonnes per person 0.531 tonnes per person 2.96 tonnes per person Ghana
1920s 7.53 tonnes per person 0.8319 tonnes per person 6.7 tonnes per person Ghana
1930s 7.46 tonnes per person 1.16 tonnes per person 6.3 tonnes per person Ghana
1940s 8.72 tonnes per person 0.8861 tonnes per person 7.83 tonnes per person Ghana
1950s 13.44 tonnes per person 0.4659 tonnes per person 12.98 tonnes per person Ghana
1960s 3.28 tonnes per person 0.2016 tonnes per person 3.08 tonnes per person Ghana
1970s 1.22 tonnes per person 0.2226 tonnes per person 0.994 tonnes per person Ghana
1980s 1.95 tonnes per person 0.1906 tonnes per person 1.76 tonnes per person Ghana
1990s 2.16 tonnes per person -0.325 tonnes per person 2.48 tonnes per person Ghana
2000s 0.914 tonnes per person -0.6606 tonnes per person 1.57 tonnes per person Ghana
2010s 0.6876 tonnes per person -0.1442 tonnes per person 0.8318 tonnes per person Ghana
2020s 0.4034 tonnes per person 0.2651 tonnes per person 0.1383 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, Ghana or Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.3951 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 Ghana and Portugal?
0.002 tonnes per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Portugal?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Portugal rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
Ghana ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 65th 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.