Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Ghana
Ghana: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 2.69 billion tonnes in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Ghana, 1950–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 2.69 billion tonnes for cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in 2024. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Ghana peaked at 2.69 billion tonnes in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.10 million tonnes, in 1950.
That places Ghana 87th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 398.73 million tonnes | 49.10 million tonnes | 805.40 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1960s | 987.31 million tonnes | 864.41 million tonnes | 1.07 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.14 billion tonnes | 1.08 billion tonnes | 1.21 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.37 billion tonnes | 1.23 billion tonnes | 1.51 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.72 billion tonnes | 1.54 billion tonnes | 1.93 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.08 billion tonnes | 1.96 billion tonnes | 2.20 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.37 billion tonnes | 2.22 billion tonnes | 2.52 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.62 billion tonnes | 2.55 billion tonnes | 2.69 billion tonnes | 5 |
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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 cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Ghana?
- Cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Ghana was 2.69 billion tonnes in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2.69 billion tonnes in 2024.
- What is the lowest cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.10 million tonnes in 1950.
- How does Ghana rank for cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Ghana ranks 87th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. 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) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.