Wood charcoal — Production, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Wood charcoal — Production, per capita was 0.0694 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.0694 t per person for wood charcoal — production, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood charcoal — production, per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.0694 t per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0143 t per person, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 3rd of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0143 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0149 t per person | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0156 t per person | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0164 t per person | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0172 t per person | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 0.018 t per person | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0189 t per person | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0197 t per person | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0207 t per person | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0216 t per person | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0232 t per person | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0246 t per person | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0258 t per person | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0271 t per person | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0282 t per person | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0293 t per person | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0303 t per person | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0311 t per person | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0319 t per person | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0322 t per person | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0324 t per person | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0341 t per person | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0377 t per person | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0379 t per person | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0372 t per person | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0364 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0369 t per person | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0361 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0355 t per person | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0346 t per person | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0476 t per person | +37.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0465 t per person | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0453 t per person | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0458 t per person | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0469 t per person | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0483 t per person | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0495 t per person | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0508 t per person | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0519 t per person | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0529 t per person | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0541 t per person | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0551 t per person | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0561 t per person | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.057 t per person | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0579 t per person | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.059 t per person | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.06 t per person | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0609 t per person | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0618 t per person | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0627 t per person | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0634 t per person | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0641 t per person | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0647 t per person | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0652 t per person | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0658 t per person | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0662 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0667 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0672 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0658 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0681 t per person | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0684 t per person | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0688 t per person | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0691 t per person | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0694 t per person | +0.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0694 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0041 t per person, 17.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0694 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0289 t per person, 2.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood charcoal — Production, per capita in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +37.6% | 0.0346 t per person | 0.0476 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0173 t per person | 0.0143 t per person | 0.0207 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0273 t per person | 0.0216 t per person | 0.0319 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0356 t per person | 0.0322 t per person | 0.0379 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0467 t per person | 0.0346 t per person | 0.0519 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0575 t per person | 0.0529 t per person | 0.0618 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0652 t per person | 0.0627 t per person | 0.0672 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0688 t per person | 0.0681 t per person | 0.0694 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -13.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.8796 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood charcoal — production, per capita in Ghana?
- Wood charcoal — production, per capita in Ghana was 0.0694 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood charcoal — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0694 t per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest wood charcoal — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0143 t per person in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for wood charcoal — production, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 3rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood charcoal — production, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood charcoal — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood charcoal — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood charcoal — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood charcoal — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wood charcoal — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.