Ghana vs Kenya: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions

Ghana
26.37 million tonnes
in 2023
Kenya
34.98 million tonnes
in 2023
Ghana rank
74th
Kenya rank
71st

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

  • Ghana
  • Kenya
010.0M20.0M30.0M199020062023

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 34.98 million tonnes against 26.37 million tonnes in Ghana, a difference of 8.61 million tonnes.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.

Ghana ranks 74th and Kenya ranks 71st of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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
121 places, 4,098 data points, 1990–2023
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes.