Ghana Key Figures
- Population:
- 34.1 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 2.94 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 100%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 83.6 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 0.60 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 7.48%
* at purchasing power parity
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Ghana Total Energy Consumption
In 2023, total per capita energy consumption was 0.38 toe (a quarter below the average for Sub-Saharan Africa) and electricity consumption was 569 kWh/cap (around 60% above the Sub-Saharan African average).
Total energy consumption has increased very rapidly since 2017 (+7%/year) to 13 Mtoe.
Oil represents 39% of the energy mix (average for Sub-Saharan Africa: 18%), followed by biomass (32%, compared to 46% in 2010). Gas has been progressively gaining ground, from 5% in 2010 to 24% in 2023. The remainder is supplied by hydro and solar with 5%.
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Ghana Crude Oil Production
Since 2019, oil output declined by 9%/year to 6.9 Mt in 2023. Previously, oil production more than doubled from 2016 (4.6 Mt) to 2019 (10.3 Mt).
About 63% of the oil output came in 2023 from the Jubilee field, which entered production in 2010. The field is said to have 0.5 Gbl of oil reserves.
The SGN field, which represented 23% of output in 2023, is also said to hold 0.5 Gbl of oil reserves. First oil was achieved in 2017.
Finally, the TEN field, accounting for 14% of output in 2023, has 240 Mbl of oil reserves. It started production in 2016.
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Ghana Renewable in % Electricity Production
The new Renewable Energy Masterplan (2019) aims at increasing the penetration of wind and solar in the power mix from 45 MW in 2015 to 1.4 GW in 2030. In 2019, the target of 10% of renewables in the power mix included in the Renewable Energy Act (2011) was postponed by 10 years to 2030.
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Ghana CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
In its updated NDC, Ghana aims to implement 34 mitigation measures to achieve absolute emission reductions of 64 MtCO2e by 2030. Out of them, 9 unconditional measures are expected to lead to an emission reduction of 24.6 MtCO2e. The country's contribution did not include a value for the 2030 target year.