Denmark vs Ghana: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring

Denmark

0.0186 tonnes per person

in 2024

Ghana

0.0222 tonnes per person

in 2024

Denmark rank

56th

Ghana rank

54th

Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring over time

Ghana currently reports 0.0222 tonnes per person against 0.0186 tonnes per person in Denmark, a difference of 0.0036 tonnes per person.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 56th and Ghana ranks 54th of 213 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions from flaring
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: 213 places, 12,147 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring, measured in tonnes per person.