Cooling Degree Days in Ghana
Ghana: Cooling Degree Days was 6,555 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Ghana, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Ghana stood at 6,555. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Ghana peaked at 6,555 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,095, in 1976.
Ghana ranks 13th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,318 | 5,158 | 5,477 | 10 |
| 1970s | 5,392 | 5,095 | 5,708 | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,698 | 5,505 | 6,080 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,674 | 5,520 | 6,145 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,910 | 5,746 | 6,067 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,151 | 5,943 | 6,371 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,324 | 6,008 | 6,555 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 48.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.4 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 6.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7908 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 7.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0108 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0685 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Ghana?
- Cooling degree days in Ghana was 6,555 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,555 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,095 in 1976.
- How does Ghana rank for cooling degree days?
- Ghana ranks 13th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.