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Coal's share of fossil CO₂ in Ghana

% · 1997 · from Global Carbon Project Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions, via carbondata.dev

0.1%in 1997

0.0 pts over 1 year, −0.1 pts over 5, −0.1 pts over 10
Lowest quartile among countries: 108 of 134 with a 1997 figure (1 is the highest value)
World: 36.6% the same year

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Coal's share of fossil CO₂, Ghana and the worldGhana was at 0.1% in 1997, below the world's 36.6%; in 1950 it was 26.4%.

Ghana
World

Show the numbers (275 rows)

Year	Ghana	World
2024		40.9%
2023		41.0%
2022		41.2%
2021		40.6%
2020		40.6%
2019		39.6%
2018		40.2%
2017		40.3%
2016		40.5%
2015		41.4%
2014		42.3%
2013		42.4%
2012		42.5%
2011		42.6%
2010		41.8%
2009		41.3%
2008		41.0%
2007		40.4%
2006		39.7%
2005		38.8%
2004		37.8%
2003		37.9%
2002		36.7%
2001		35.8%
2000		35.9%
1999		35.5%
1998		35.8%
1997	0.1%	36.6%
1996	0.2%	37.0%
1995	0.2%	37.2%
1994	0.2%	37.1%
1993	0.2%	37.2%
1992	0.2%	37.1%
1991	0.2%	36.9%
1990	0.2%	38.1%
1989	0.2%	39.8%
1988	0.2%	40.3%
1987	0.2%	40.5%
1986	0.1%	40.4%
1985	0.1%	40.4%
1984	0.1%	39.0%
1983	0.1%	38.5%
1982	0.1%	37.7%
1981	0.1%	36.8%
1980	0.2%	36.0%
1979	0.1%	34.9%
1978	0.1%	34.2%
1977	0.1%	34.7%
1976	1.4%	34.9%
1975	0.6%	35.4%
1974	0.3%	34.5%
1973	1.3%	34.3%
1972	0.7%	35.1%
1971	0.7%	36.8%
1970	3.5%	38.2%
1969	3.4%	40.1%
1968	3.8%	41.2%
1967	5.4%	43.0%
1966	9.9%	45.1%
1965	4.3%	46.8%
1964	7.3%	48.2%
1963	6.6%	49.8%
1962	6.4%	50.6%
1961	11.4%	52.5%
1960	11.3%	55.0%
1959	16.9%	55.9%
1958	19.4%	56.6%
1957	20.5%	57.3%
1956	26.2%	58.1%
1955	25.0%	58.9%
1954	33.2%	59.7%
1953	32.0%	61.1%
1952	34.6%	62.3%
1951	38.7%	64.0%
1950	26.4%	65.4%
1949		68.2%
1948		68.7%
1947		70.1%
1946		70.2%
1945		69.9%
1944		74.9%
1943		77.4%
1942		78.5%
1941		77.7%
1940		77.7%
1939		76.9%
1938		76.4%
1937		77.1%
1936		78.1%
1935		78.2%
1934		78.8%
1933		78.5%
1932		79.0%
1931		80.0%
1930		81.3%
1929		82.2%
1928		82.8%
1927		83.8%
1926		83.9%
1925		84.3%
1924		84.9%
1923		85.1%
1922		85.0%
1921		85.8%
1920		88.3%
1919		89.4%
1918		91.7%
1917		91.8%
1916		92.2%
1915		92.4%
1914		92.9%
1913		93.7%
1912		94.0%
1911		93.9%
1910		94.2%
1909		94.3%
1908		94.4%
1907		95.0%
1906		95.2%
1905		95.1%
1904		94.9%
1903		95.5%
1902		95.3%
1901		95.6%
1900		95.9%
1899		96.1%
1898		96.1%
1897		96.1%
1896		96.1%
1895		96.2%
1894		96.5%
1893		96.3%
1892		96.5%
1891		96.3%
1890		96.4%
1889		96.6%
1888		96.5%
1887		96.7%
1886		97.1%
1885		97.7%
1884		98.0%
1883		98.3%
1882		97.9%
1881		98.0%
1880		98.2%
1879		98.3%
1878		98.6%
1877		98.7%
1876		99.1%
1875		99.1%
1874		99.0%
1873		99.2%
1872		99.4%
1871		99.4%
1870		99.4%
1869		99.5%
1868		99.5%
1867		99.6%
1866		99.6%
1865		99.7%
1864		99.7%
1863		99.7%
1862		99.6%
1861		99.7%
1860		99.9%
1859		100.0%
1858		100.0%
1857		100.0%
1856		100.0%
1855		100.0%
1854		100.0%
1853		100.0%
1852		100.0%
1851		100.0%
1850		100.0%
1849		100.0%
1848		100.0%
1847		100.0%
1846		100.0%
1845		100.0%
1844		100.0%
1843		100.0%
1842		100.0%
1841		100.0%
1840		100.0%
1839		100.0%
1838		100.0%
1837		100.0%
1836		100.0%
1835		100.0%
1834		100.0%
1833		100.0%
1832		100.0%
1831		100.0%
1830		100.0%
1829		100.0%
1828		100.0%
1827		100.0%
1826		100.0%
1825		100.0%
1824		100.0%
1823		100.0%
1822		100.0%
1821		100.0%
1820		100.0%
1819		100.0%
1818		100.0%
1817		100.0%
1816		100.0%
1815		100.0%
1814		100.0%
1813		100.0%
1812		100.0%
1811		100.0%
1810		100.0%
1809		100.0%
1808		100.0%
1807		100.0%
1806		100.0%
1805		100.0%
1804		100.0%
1803		100.0%
1802		100.0%
1801		100.0%
1800		100.0%
1799		100.0%
1798		100.0%
1797		100.0%
1796		100.0%
1795		100.0%
1794		100.0%
1793		100.0%
1792		100.0%
1791		100.0%
1790		100.0%
1789		100.0%
1788		100.0%
1787		100.0%
1786		100.0%
1785		100.0%
1784		100.0%
1783		100.0%
1782		100.0%
1781		100.0%
1780		100.0%
1779		100.0%
1778		100.0%
1777		100.0%
1776		100.0%
1775		100.0%
1774		100.0%
1773		100.0%
1772		100.0%
1771		100.0%
1770		100.0%
1769		100.0%
1768		100.0%
1767		100.0%
1766		100.0%
1765		100.0%
1764		100.0%
1763		100.0%
1762		100.0%
1761		100.0%
1760		100.0%
1759		100.0%
1758		100.0%
1757		100.0%
1756		100.0%
1755		100.0%
1754		100.0%
1753		100.0%
1752		100.0%
1751		100.0%
1750		100.0%

Where Ghana sits among countries, 1997Ghana's 0.1% is higher than 26 of the other 133 countries with a 1997 figure; the world as a whole was at 36.6%.

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Every country, 1997 (134)

North Korea 93.1%
South Africa 86.5%
Mongolia 85.7%
Lesotho 79.3%
Poland 75.6%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 74.6%
China 74.3%
Estonia 70.6%
Czechia 69.4%
Zimbabwe 68.3%
Serbia 67.1%
Montenegro 66.5%
Kazakhstan 65.2%
North Macedonia 64.7%
India 61.5%
Bulgaria 60.9%
Botswana 60.7%
Australia 52.4%
Eswatini 49.5%
Bhutan 48.4%
Vietnam 47.3%
Slovakia 46.4%
Finland 45.5%
Greece 45.4%
Ukraine 45.3%
Taiwan 44.0%
Türkiye 42.1%
Israel 42.0%
Germany 41.5%
Denmark 40.0%
Hong Kong SAR China 38.0%
Slovenia 36.5%
Niger 36.4%
United States 35.1%
Kyrgyzstan 34.9%
Chile 33.3%
Romania 31.5%
Ireland 31.5%
Nepal 30.7%
South Korea 30.0%
Hungary 29.9%
Spain 28.2%
Japan 27.7%
Russia 27.7%
United Kingdom 27.5%
Belgium 25.7%
Morocco 25.6%
Portugal 25.1%
Austria 24.0%
Canada 21.8%
Thailand 21.0%
Zambia 20.6%
Malawi 20.4%
Netherlands 19.2%
Colombia 18.7%
Sweden 18.5%
Luxembourg 18.0%
New Caledonia 16.5%
New Zealand 15.8%
France 15.5%
Brazil 15.3%
Moldova 13.6%
Iceland 12.2%
Italy 12.1%
Laos 12.0%
Latvia 10.8%
Indonesia 10.5%
Norway 10.1%
Philippines 9.2%
Pakistan 9.1%
Belarus 8.2%
Fiji 7.7%
Burundi 7.2%
Mexico 7.1%
Mauritius 6.1%
Croatia 5.8%
Mozambique 5.6%
Malaysia 5.4%
Bangladesh 5.3%
Lithuania 4.9%
Peru 4.6%
Lebanon 3.8%
Uzbekistan 3.6%
Panama 3.3%
Kenya 3.0%
Tajikistan 2.9%
Albania 2.8%
Tanzania 2.6%
Egypt 2.6%
Madagascar 2.1%
Dominican Republic 2.1%
Argentina 2.1%
Jamaica 1.8%
Namibia 1.6%
Algeria 1.6%
Iran 1.6%
Tunisia 1.5%
Switzerland 1.2%
Cyprus 0.7%
Myanmar (Burma) 0.7%
Georgia 0.7%
Armenia 0.5%
Cuba 0.4%
Mauritania 0.3%
Afghanistan 0.3%
Bahamas 0.2%
Papua New Guinea 0.1%
Ghana 0.1%
Sri Lanka 0.1%
Venezuela 0.1%
Honduras 0.1%
Cameroon 0.1%
El Salvador 0.1%
Uruguay 0.1%
Azerbaijan 0.0%
Libya 0.0%
Nigeria 0.0%
Saudi Arabia 0.0%
Liechtenstein 0.0%
Syria 0.0%
Malta 0.0%
Turkmenistan 0.0%
Sint Maarten 0.0%
South Sudan 0.0%
Singapore 0.0%
Sudan 0.0%
Qatar 0.0%
Oman 0.0%
Kuwait 0.0%
Iraq 0.0%
Curaçao 0.0%
Congo - Kinshasa 0.0%
Caribbean Netherlands 0.0%
Andorra 0.0%

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Source

Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions: GCB fossil CO₂, coal / total (CC BY 4.0), coal emissions as a share of all fossil CO₂
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