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Carbon intensity of electricity — Ghana

Carbon intensity of electricity in Ghana in 2024 — 469 g/kWh. Ranked 96 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 489.8%.

2024 469 g/kWh +3.58% vs 2023
World rank 96of 195
Period maximum 478 g/kWh2021
Period minimum 80 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Ghana, 2000–202402004006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 80 g/kWh2001: 127 g/kWh2002: 221 g/kWh2003: 242 g/kWh2004: 103 g/kWh2005: 132 g/kWh2006: 237 g/kWh2007: 322 g/kWh2008: 190 g/kWh2009: 173 g/kWh2010: 230 g/kWh2011: 254 g/kWh2012: 251 g/kWh2013: 266 g/kWh2014: 269 g/kWh2015: 369 g/kWh2016: 410 g/kWh2017: 408 g/kWh2018: 422 g/kWh2019: 417 g/kWh2020: 459 g/kWh2021: 478 g/kWh2022: 469 g/kWh2023: 453 g/kWh2024: 469 g/kWh
Change over the period: +389 (+489.8%) Average annual rate: 7.67 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 469 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 469 +16 +3.58%
2023 453 −17 −3.57%
2022 469 −9 −1.85%
2021 478 +19 +4.15%
2020 459 +42 +10.18%
2019 417 −5 −1.21%
2018 422 +14 +3.52%
2017 408 −3 −0.61%
2016 410 +41 +10.99%
2015 369 +100 +37.27%
2014 269 +3 +1.03%
2013 266 +15 +6.11%
2012 251 −3 −1.08%
2011 254 +24 +10.22%
2010 230 +57 +32.8%
2009 173 −17 −8.7%
2008 190 −132 −41%
2007 322 +85 +35.69%
2006 237 +105 +79.62%
2005 132 +29 +27.79%
2004 103 −138 −57.21%
2003 242 +20 +9.05%
2002 221 +95 +74.71%
2001 127 +47 +59.45%
2000 80 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SL Sierra Leone 48 GN Guinea 181 LR Liberia 316 CI Côte d'Ivoire 405 TG Togo 423 CV Cabo Verde 462 GH Ghana 469 NG Nigeria 496 MR Mauritania 512 ML Mali 539 SN Senegal 540 BF Burkina Faso 562 BJ Benin 584 GW Guinea-Bissau 625 GM Gambia 667 NE Niger 674
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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