Denmark vs Ghana: Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Denmark
33.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Ghana
34.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Denmark rank
86th
Ghana rank
84th

Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time

  • Denmark
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 34.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 33.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Denmark, a difference of 1.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 86th and Ghana ranks 84th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 34,488 data points, 1850–2024
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Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.