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Ghana: Methane (CH4) emissions from Building

0.79Mt CO2e · 2024+16.0% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Reported as: Energy. Annual figures for Ghana from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
20240.791
20230.791
20220.772
20210.706
20200.803
20190.807
20180.806
20170.805
20160.679
20150.68
20140.682
20130.629
20120.616
20110.635
20100.608
20090.616
20080.622
20070.588
20060.61
20050.641
20040.675
20030.713
20020.758
20010.802
20000.865
19991.208
19981.182
19971.152
19961.126
19951.099
19941.069
19931.035
19921.002
19910.97
19900.936
19890.911
19880.882
19870.855
19860.828
19850.803
19840.777
19830.763
19820.744
19810.726
19800.706
19790.689
19780.672
19770.653
19760.637
19750.62
19740.602
19730.6
19720.571
19710.544
19700.544

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Methane (CH4) emissions from Building. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-methane-ch4-emissions-from-building (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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