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Ghana: Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions

7.72Mt CO2e · 2024+14.0% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from fugitive emissions (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.1.bc Petroleum Refining - Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries, 1.B.1 Solid Fuels, 1.B.2 Oil and Natural Gas, 5.B. 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
20247.722
20237.783
20227.755
20217.284
20208.39
20198.789
20188.419
20178.369
20166.555
20156.801
20146.774
20136.389
20125.636
20115.506
20103.694
20093.882
20084.386
20072.708
20062.679
20052.434
20042.486
20032.245
20022.187
20012.087
20002.026
19991.655
19981.616
19971.57
19961.54
19951.505
19941.47
19931.392
19921.32
19911.251
19901.124
19891.133
19881.085
19871.038
19860.989
19850.948
19840.903
19830.824
19820.814
19810.8
19800.788
19790.924
19780.761
19770.743
19760.726
19750.709
19740.694
19730.549
19720.553
19710.557
19700.561

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 Fugitive Emissions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-methane-ch4-emissions-from-fugitive-emissions (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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