Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils in Ghana
Ghana: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils was 10.58 N2O in 2019. ▼ Falling
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils in Ghana, 1990–2019
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT. Measured in N2O.
Analysis
In 2019, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in Ghana stood at 10.58 N2O.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in Ghana peaked at 12.72 N2O in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10.2 N2O, in 2016.
Ghana ranks 87th of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils in Ghana, year by year
| Year | N2O | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11.89 N2O | — |
| 1991 | 11.89 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 11.89 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 11.89 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11.89 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12.11 N2O | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 12.16 N2O | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 12.16 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 12.16 N2O | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 12.16 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12.51 N2O | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 12.71 N2O | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 12.72 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12.72 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12.51 N2O | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 12.51 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12.48 N2O | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 12.43 N2O | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 11.81 N2O | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 11.38 N2O | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 11.23 N2O | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 11.21 N2O | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 10.95 N2O | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 10.38 N2O | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 10.2 N2O | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 10.2 N2O | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.2 N2O | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 10.27 N2O | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 10.58 N2O | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 10.58 N2O | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 10.58 N2O is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 253.33 N2O, 4% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 10.58 N2O is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84.17 N2O, 13% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.02 N2O | 11.89 N2O | 12.16 N2O | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.38 N2O | 11.38 N2O | 12.72 N2O | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.58 N2O | 10.2 N2O | 11.23 N2O | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More reference data data for Ghana
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2805 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1989 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9405 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9478 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in Ghana?
- Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in Ghana was 10.58 N2O in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
- What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 12.72 N2O in 2003.
- What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2 N2O in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils?
- Ghana ranks 87th out of 102 countries with data for 2019.
- Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).