TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Ghana

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for Ghana (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Ghana . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1950 174 0.04 1951 239 0.05 1952 237 0.05 1953 278 0.05 1954 274 0.05 1955 324 0.06 1956 294 0.05 1957 353 0.06 1958 372 0.06 1959 361 0.06 1960 399 0.06 1961 367 0.05 1962 391 0.05 1963 470 0.06 1964 450 0.06 1965 465 0.06 1966 393 0.05 1967 408 0.05 1968 481 0.06 1969 461 0.05 1970 716 0.08 1971 626 0.07 1972 661 0.07 1973 675 0.07 1974 801 0.08 1975 749 0.08 1976 664 0.07 1977 819 0.08 1978 810 0.08 1979 725 0.07 1980 698 0.06 1981 831 0.07 1982 830 0.07 1983 997 0.08 1984 704 0.06 1985 907 0.07 1986 831 0.06 1987 896 0.06 1988 941 0.07 1989 912 0.06 1990 1072 0.07 1991 1103 0.07 1992 1117 0.07 1993 1272 0.08 1994 1383 0.08 1995 1480 0.09 1996 1570 0.09 1997 1744 0.1 1998 1748 0.09 1999 1789 0.09 2000 1718 0.09 2001 1887 0.09 2002 2022 0.1 2003 2071 0.1 2004 1828 0.08 2005 2038 0.09 2006 2520 0.11 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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