Ghana: Natural resources income
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| Ghana |
Income from natural resources, percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 13.35 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1970 - 2021 |
| Average | 9.02 |
| Min - Max | 2.34 - 16.07 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2021 is 13.35 percent, an increase from 8.49 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 6.83 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Ghana from 1970 to 2021 is 9.02 percent. The minimum value, 2.34 percent, was reached in 1971 while the maximum of 16.07 percent was recorded in 2011.
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The natural resources include oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, and the forest.
Definition: Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline prices | 0.92 | 2016 | dollars |
| Diesel prices | 0.85 | 2016 | dollars |
| Energy use per capita | 320.39 | 2014 | kilograms of oil equivalent |
| Share of clean energy | 39.00 | 2021 | percent |
| Carbon intensity | 0.11 | 2023 | kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP |
| Energy use per $1000 GDP | 57.33 | 2014 | kilograms of oil equivalent |
| Electricity from renewable sources, kWh | 3.00 | 2015 | million kWh |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions | 24 | 2023 | Mt CO2 eq |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita | 0.72 | 2023 | metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | 39,070 | 2020 | kt of CO2 equivalent |
| GDP per unit of energy | 17.13 | 2014 | GDP per kg of oil equivalent |
| Energy imports | -8.19 | 2014 | percent |
| Natural resources income | 13.35 | 2021 | percent |
| Oil revenue | 4.06 | 2021 | percent |
| Natural gas revenue | 0.37 | 2021 | percent |
| Access to electricity | 85.10 | 2022 | percent |