# CO₂ emissions per capita: Ghana

0.6106143 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/co2-per-capita) · [All countries and regions](/co2-per-capita).

## Every year

| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 0.6106143 |
| 2023 | 0.5959423 |
| 2022 | 0.6258142 |
| 2021 | 0.6321311 |
| 2020 | 0.60098386 |
| 2019 | 0.52513593 |
| 2018 | 0.49578497 |
| 2017 | 0.41446012 |
| 2016 | 0.4739508 |
| 2015 | 0.50766945 |
| 2014 | 0.4727469 |
| 2013 | 0.46045056 |
| 2012 | 0.47282326 |
| 2011 | 0.39580444 |
| 2010 | 0.35103095 |
| 2009 | 0.27622372 |
| 2008 | 0.34327182 |
| 2007 | 0.37990725 |
| 2006 | 0.36991856 |
| 2005 | 0.2723039 |
| 2004 | 0.29497623 |
| 2003 | 0.3138782 |
| 2002 | 0.31275645 |
| 2001 | 0.29596046 |
| 2000 | 0.27054933 |
| 1999 | 0.2931219 |
| 1998 | 0.29879728 |
| 1997 | 0.3023374 |
| 1996 | 0.27279136 |
| 1995 | 0.2657602 |
| 1994 | 0.26714796 |
| 1993 | 0.23013853 |
| 1992 | 0.20035017 |
| 1991 | 0.24714877 |
| 1990 | 0.22824657 |
| 1989 | 0.20387006 |
| 1988 | 0.21929061 |
| 1987 | 0.22026396 |
| 1986 | 0.21015522 |
| 1985 | 0.23011914 |
| 1984 | 0.18441294 |
| 1983 | 0.26937926 |
| 1982 | 0.22893082 |
| 1981 | 0.23178264 |
| 1980 | 0.2018768 |
| 1979 | 0.21736461 |
| 1978 | 0.241667 |
| 1977 | 0.24710084 |
| 1976 | 0.19885005 |
| 1975 | 0.23419845 |
| 1974 | 0.26745787 |
| 1973 | 0.23233283 |
| 1972 | 0.2348671 |
| 1971 | 0.22120723 |
| 1970 | 0.2692846 |
| 1969 | 0.17122604 |
| 1968 | 0.19453183 |
| 1967 | 0.1807212 |
| 1966 | 0.17833263 |
| 1965 | 0.21614164 |
| 1964 | 0.21424828 |
| 1963 | 0.22916088 |
| 1962 | 0.19525012 |
| 1961 | 0.18773553 |
| 1960 | 0.21001159 |
| 1959 | 0.19637668 |
| 1958 | 0.20904528 |
| 1957 | 0.20489384 |
| 1956 | 0.17631519 |
| 1955 | 0.20070152 |
| 1954 | 0.17522442 |
| 1953 | 0.18339893 |
| 1952 | 0.16118218 |
| 1951 | 0.16746482 |
| 1950 | 0.12548281 |

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