Ghana vs Kenya: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Ghana

13.53 million tonnes

in 2024

Kenya

13.23 million tonnes

in 2024

Ghana rank

45th

Kenya rank

46th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Ghana currently reports 13.53 million tonnes against 13.23 million tonnes in Kenya, a difference of 303,600 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Kenya ahead.

Ghana ranks 45th and Kenya ranks 46th of 197 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.