Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Ghana
Ghana: Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total was 270.66 Index in 2022. ▲ Rising
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Ghana, 1990–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 270.66 Index for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in 2022. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 65.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Ghana peaked at 270.66 Index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 71.48 Index, in 1990.
Ghana ranks 3rd of 67 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 71.48 Index | — |
| 1991 | 76.54 Index | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 78.58 Index | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 81.29 Index | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 84.28 Index | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 87.85 Index | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 90.11 Index | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 92.54 Index | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 95.11 Index | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 96.7 Index | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 101.55 Index | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 103.64 Index | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 106.31 Index | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 109.44 Index | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 112.8 Index | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 116.98 Index | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 129.29 Index | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 131.54 Index | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 133.09 Index | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 140.18 Index | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 162.95 Index | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 163.15 Index | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 178.03 Index | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 191.87 Index | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 194.07 Index | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 199.26 Index | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 212.85 Index | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 219.6 Index | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 231.36 Index | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 247.92 Index | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 253.28 Index | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 270.66 Index | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.45 Index | 71.48 Index | 96.7 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 114.46 Index | 100 Index | 133.09 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 189.33 Index | 140.18 Index | 231.36 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 257.29 Index | 247.92 Index | 270.66 Index | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 1 Türkiye 137.1 Index compare
- 1 Croatia 91.28 Index compare
- 1 Peru 3,103 Index compare
- 2 Latvia 98.01 Index compare
- 2 Guyana 283.81 Index compare
- 3 Moldova 61.24 Index compare
- 4 Kenya 263.79 Index compare
- 5 Estonia 78.82 Index compare
- 5 Solomon Islands 260.21 Index compare
- 6 Poland 72.46 Index compare
- 6 Israel 205.16 Index compare
More climate change data for Ghana
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 63.84 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,671 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,693 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,979 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 142.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,417 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 670.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 746.8 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.53 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Ghana?
- Air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Ghana was 270.66 Index in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 270.66 Index in 2022.
- What is the lowest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.48 Index in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total?
- Ghana ranks 3rd out of 67 countries with data for 2022.
- Is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total emissions excluding LULUCF. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in man-made emissions of major greenhouse gases and emissions by gas. Data refer to total emissions of CO2 (emissions from energy use and industrial processes, e.g. cement production), CH4(methane emissions from solid waste, livestock, mining of hard coal and lignite, rice paddies, agriculture and leaks from natural gas pipelines), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). Data exclude indirect CO2. For UNCCCC Annex I countries, data follow the IPCC 2006 guidelines. Territories' coverage are as those defined in the Kyoto Protocol. Data source(s): National Inventory Submissions 2026 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables), available here. Data for Indonesia, Israel and Korea were derived from Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaires submitted to the OECD. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 Database documentation