Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Ghana
Ghana: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions was 0.7805 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Ghana, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Ghana is 0.7805 tonnes per person, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Ghana peaked at 0.8423 tonnes per person in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2688 tonnes per person, in 1992.
That places Ghana 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3818 tonnes per person | 0.2688 tonnes per person | 0.6593 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4843 tonnes per person | 0.3806 tonnes per person | 0.6001 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7317 tonnes per person | 0.5767 tonnes per person | 0.8423 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7915 tonnes per person | 0.7515 tonnes per person | 0.8209 tonnes per person | 4 |
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More climate change data for Ghana
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.7% (2100)
- Population growth 1.8% (2025)
- Population, total 35.06 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.8% (2025)
- Urban population 20.66 million (2025)
- Urban population 58.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.6106 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 426.54 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.6106 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.6106 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Ghana?
- Per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Ghana was 0.7805 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8423 tonnes per person in 2012.
- What is the lowest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2688 tonnes per person in 1992.
- How does Ghana rank for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- Ghana ranks 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.