Ghana vs Namibia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Ghana

4.16 million tonnes

in 1997

Namibia

3.66 million tonnes

in 2024

Ghana rank

122nd

Namibia rank

123rd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Ghana currently reports 4.16 million tonnes against 3.66 million tonnes in Namibia, a difference of 500,740 tonnes.

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

Across all 7 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 122nd and Namibia ranks 123rd of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.