As of 2022, carbon emissions from the power sector in Ghana reached nearly 10.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. This followed a steadily increasing trend visible since 2010 and represented the highest volume of emissions within the observed period. In 2000, the lowest level of emissions from electricity generation in the country was achieved at 570,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
Power sector emissions in Ghana from 2000 to 2022
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Emissions in million metric tons of carbon dioxide
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Ember. (May 8, 2024). Power sector emissions in Ghana from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307146/power-sector-carbon-emissions-in-ghana/
Ember. "Power sector emissions in Ghana from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. May 8, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307146/power-sector-carbon-emissions-in-ghana/
Ember. (2024). Power sector emissions in Ghana from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307146/power-sector-carbon-emissions-in-ghana/
Ember. "Power Sector Emissions in Ghana from 2000 to 2022 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307146/power-sector-carbon-emissions-in-ghana/
Ember, Power sector emissions in Ghana from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307146/power-sector-carbon-emissions-in-ghana/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Power sector emissions in Ghana from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Ember, May 8, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307146/power-sector-carbon-emissions-in-ghana/
