Nitrous oxide emissions — all countries

Nitrous oxide emissions — Ghana

Nitrous oxide emissions in Ghana in 2024 — 6.77 Mt. Ranked 130 in the world out of 201. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 6,806.1%.

2024 6.77 Mt +2.89% vs 2023
World rank 130of 201
Period maximum 6.77 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.1 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Nitrous oxide emissions — Ghana, 1850–202402468185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.1 Mt1853: 0.1 Mt1856: 0.11 Mt1859: 0.11 Mt1862: 0.11 Mt1865: 0.11 Mt1868: 0.11 Mt1871: 0.12 Mt1874: 0.13 Mt1877: 0.16 Mt1880: 0.18 Mt1883: 0.18 Mt1886: 0.19 Mt1889: 0.19 Mt1892: 0.21 Mt1895: 0.21 Mt1898: 0.22 Mt1901: 0.23 Mt1904: 0.24 Mt1907: 0.25 Mt1910: 0.26 Mt1913: 0.29 Mt1916: 0.34 Mt1919: 0.39 Mt1922: 0.43 Mt1925: 0.49 Mt1928: 0.53 Mt1931: 0.54 Mt1934: 0.52 Mt1937: 0.5 Mt1940: 0.49 Mt1943: 0.83 Mt1946: 1.5 Mt1949: 2.02 Mt1952: 2.01 Mt1955: 1.74 Mt1958: 1.48 Mt1961: 1.54 Mt1964: 1.74 Mt1967: 1.91 Mt1970: 2.32 Mt1973: 2.45 Mt1976: 2.26 Mt1979: 2.36 Mt1982: 3.05 Mt1985: 2.58 Mt1988: 2.59 Mt1991: 3.51 Mt1994: 3.59 Mt1997: 3.91 Mt2000: 4.57 Mt2003: 4.08 Mt2006: 4.61 Mt2009: 4.27 Mt2012: 4.81 Mt2015: 5.35 Mt2018: 5.49 Mt2021: 5.77 Mt2024: 6.77 Mt
Change over the period: +6.67 (+6,806.12%) Average annual rate: 2.46 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 6.77 Mt
World computed 2,935.78 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 448.4 Mt
Western Africa computed 116.35 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 802.16 Mt
Nitrous oxide emissions — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 6.77 +0.19 +2.89%
2023 6.58 +0.08 +1.2%
2022 6.5 +0.73 +12.57%
2021 5.77 −0.68 −10.48%
2020 6.45 +0.81 +14.44%
2019 5.64 +0.15 +2.64%
2018 5.49 −0.14 −2.49%
2017 5.63 +0.29 +5.51%
2016 5.34 −0.01 −0.22%
2015 5.35 +0.25 +4.84%
2014 5.1 −0.14 −2.58%
2013 5.24 +0.43 +8.9%
2012 4.81 −0.14 −2.89%
2011 4.95 +0.44 +9.8%
2010 4.51 +0.24 +5.52%
2009 4.27 −0.13 −3.02%
2008 4.41 +0.05 +1.22%
2007 4.35 −0.25 −5.47%
2006 4.61 −0.13 −2.66%
2005 4.73 +0.97 +25.85%
2004 3.76 −0.32 −7.75%
2003 4.08 +0.39 +10.58%
2002 3.69 −0.14 −3.73%
2001 3.83 −0.74 −16.25%
2000 4.57 +0.54 +13.39%
1999 4.03 −0.56 −12.1%
1998 4.59 +0.68 +17.31%
1997 3.91 −0.08 −2.03%
1996 3.99 +0.35 +9.67%
1995 3.64 +0.05 +1.31%
1994 3.59 +0.09 +2.45%
1993 3.51 +0.05 +1.48%
1992 3.46 −0.06 −1.59%
1991 3.51 +0.07 +2.03%
1990 3.44 +0.45 +15.2%
1989 2.99 +0.4 +15.51%
1988 2.59 −0.2 −7.11%
1987 2.78 +0.12 +4.31%
1986 2.67 +0.09 +3.61%
1985 2.58 −0.14 −5.22%
1984 2.72 −0.1 −3.65%
1983 2.82 −0.23 −7.45%
1982 3.05 +0.58 +23.3%
1981 2.47 −0.39 −13.51%
1980 2.86 +0.5 +21%
1979 2.36 +0.16 +7.41%
1978 2.2 −0.37 −14.3%
1977 2.57 +0.31 +13.79%
1976 2.26 +0.06 +2.83%
1975 2.19 +0.15 +7.08%
1974 2.05 −0.4 −16.27%
1973 2.45 +0.16 +7%
1972 2.29 +0.03 +1.33%
1971 2.26 −0.06 −2.72%
1970 2.32 +0.29 +14.12%
1969 2.03 +0.07 +3.46%
1968 1.96 +0.05 +2.83%
1967 1.91 +0.06 +3.47%
1966 1.85 +0.05 +2.96%
1965 1.79 +0.05 +2.99%
1964 1.74 +0.1 +5.84%
1963 1.65 +0.05 +3.07%
1962 1.6 +0.06 +3.77%
1961 1.54 +0.12 +8.46%
1960 1.42 −0.01 −0.77%
1959 1.43 −0.05 −3.18%
1958 1.48 −0.07 −4.77%
1957 1.55 −0.09 −5.6%
1956 1.64 −0.1 −5.79%
1955 1.74 −0.1 −5.48%
1954 1.84 −0.09 −4.75%
1953 1.94 −0.07 −3.68%
1952 2.01 −0.05 −2.28%
1951 2.06 −0.01 −0.53%
1950 2.07 +0.05 +2.58%
1949 2.02 +0.12 +6.55%
1948 1.89 +0.18 +10.39%
1947 1.71 +0.21 +14.27%
1946 1.5 +0.23 +18.2%
1945 1.27 +0.23 +22.14%
1944 1.04 +0.21 +25.48%
1943 0.83 +0.17 +26.61%
1942 0.65 +0.12 +22.24%
1941 0.54 +0.05 +9.18%
1940 0.49 +0 +0.2%
1939 0.49 −0 −0.61%
1938 0.49 −0.01 −1.2%
1937 0.5 −0.01 −1.39%
1936 0.51 −0.01 −1.75%
1935 0.51 −0.01 −1.53%
1934 0.52 −0.01 −1.51%
1933 0.53 −0.01 −1.12%
1932 0.54 −0 −0.74%
1931 0.54 +0 +0%
1930 0.54 +0 +0.56%
1929 0.54 +0.01 +1.51%
1928 0.53 +0.01 +2.32%
1927 0.52 +0.01 +2.78%
1926 0.5 +0.02 +3.29%
1925 0.49 +0.02 +3.84%
1924 0.47 +0.02 +3.99%
1923 0.45 +0.02 +4.16%
1922 0.43 +0.02 +3.84%
1921 0.42 +0.02 +3.73%
1920 0.4 +0.02 +3.88%
1919 0.39 +0.02 +4.31%
1918 0.37 +0.02 +4.8%
1917 0.35 +0.02 +4.73%
1916 0.34 +0.02 +5.3%
1915 0.32 +0.02 +4.9%
1914 0.31 +0.01 +4.79%
1913 0.29 +0.01 +4.66%
1912 0.28 +0.01 +3.33%
1911 0.27 +0.01 +2.66%
1910 0.26 +0.01 +1.94%
1909 0.26 +0.01 +1.98%
1908 0.25 +0 +1.61%
1907 0.25 +0 +1.63%
1906 0.25 +0 +1.24%
1905 0.24 +0 +1.68%
1904 0.24 +0 +1.28%
1903 0.24 +0 +1.29%
1902 0.23 +0 +1.31%
1901 0.23 +0 +1.33%
1900 0.23 +0 +1.35%
1899 0.22 +0 +1.36%
1898 0.22 +0 +1.38%
1897 0.22 +0 +0.93%
1896 0.22 +0 +1.42%
1895 0.21 +0 +1.44%
1894 0.21 +0 +0.97%
1893 0.21 +0 +0.98%
1892 0.21 +0 +0.99%
1891 0.2 +0 +1.5%
1890 0.2 +0.01 +4.71%
1889 0.19 +0 +1.06%
1888 0.19 +0 +0.53%
1887 0.19 +0 +0.53%
1886 0.19 +0 +0.54%
1885 0.19 +0 +0.54%
1884 0.19 +0 +0.54%
1883 0.18 +0 +1.1%
1882 0.18 +0 +1.11%
1881 0.18 +0 +1.12%
1880 0.18 +0 +1.71%
1879 0.18 +0.01 +3.55%
1878 0.17 +0.01 +4.97%
1877 0.16 +0.01 +5.92%
1876 0.15 +0.01 +6.29%
1875 0.14 +0.01 +6.72%
1874 0.13 +0.01 +6.35%
1873 0.13 +0.01 +5.88%
1872 0.12 +0 +3.48%
1871 0.12 +0 +1.77%
1870 0.11 +0 +0%
1869 0.11 +0 +0%
1868 0.11 +0 +0.89%
1867 0.11 +0 +0%
1866 0.11 +0 +0%
1865 0.11 +0 +0%
1864 0.11 +0 +0%
1863 0.11 +0 +0%
1862 0.11 +0 +0%
1861 0.11 +0 +0.9%
1860 0.11 +0 +0%
1859 0.11 +0 +0.91%
1858 0.11 +0 +0.92%
1857 0.11 +0 +0.93%
1856 0.11 +0 +0.93%
1855 0.11 +0 +1.9%
1854 0.11 +0 +1.94%
1853 0.1 +0 +1.98%
1852 0.1 +0 +2.02%
1851 0.1 +0 +1.02%
1850 0.1 — —

About the indicator

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent. The third greenhouse gas by contribution after CO2 and methane, and the most agricultural of the three: most of it forms in the soil after nitrogen fertilizer and manure are applied. It stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and destroys the ozone layer as well, so after the phase-out of CFCs it has remained the leading ozone-depleting substance.

Important: Estimates of emissions from soil are inevitably approximate: they depend on soil type, moisture and the way fertilizer is applied, and they are measured by models rather than by sensors.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.