Côte d'Ivoire vs Ghana: CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total
CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total over time
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 7,444 thousand metric tons against 6,597 thousand metric tons in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 847 thousand metric tons.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Côte d'Ivoire's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 15th and Ghana ranks 13th of 51 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Côte d'Ivoire averaged higher in 3 and Ghana in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Côte d'Ivoire | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,080 thousand metric tons | 1,571 thousand metric tons | 491.75 thousand metric tons | Ghana |
| 1970s | 3,718 thousand metric tons | 2,657 thousand metric tons | 1,061 thousand metric tons | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1980s | 6,570 thousand metric tons | 3,134 thousand metric tons | 3,436 thousand metric tons | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 6,407 thousand metric tons | 5,234 thousand metric tons | 1,173 thousand metric tons | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 6,989 thousand metric tons | 7,729 thousand metric tons | 740.37 thousand metric tons | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total, Côte d'Ivoire or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 7,444 thousand metric tons against 6,597 thousand metric tons in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total between Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana?
- 847 thousand metric tons, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
- How do Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana rank globally for co2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 15th and Ghana ranks 13th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, total (thousand metric tons). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fossil fuel is any hydrocarbon deposit that can be burned for heat or power, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas. This is the sum total of all fossil fuel emissions (solid fuel consumption, liquid fuel consumption, gas fuel consumption, cement production and gas flaring). The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set). Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide). Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds. Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values. Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections. Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries. The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.