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Table 5 Decomposition of changes in CO2 emissions (in percentages)

From: Decomposition of the decoupling of CO2 emissions from economic growth in Ghana

Period

\(\Delta {C}_{f}\)

\(\Delta {C}_{I}\)

\(\Delta {C}_{ES}\)

\(\Delta {C}_{EA}\)

\(\Delta {C}_{P}\)

\(\Delta {C}_{TOT}\)

1990–1995

5.83

1.36

9.43

7.82

8.24

7.68

1996–2000

24.70

21.17

10.09

10.95

12.06

16.95

2001–2005

20.78

30.16

13.09

15.02

15.70

10.69

2006–2010

25.23

3.93

27.52

23.91

21.59

34.48

2011–2015

23.02

39.05

27.76

32.99

30.25

33.23

2016–2018

0.44

4.35

12.12

9.30

12.17

−3.02

1990–2018

3.71

−4.15

−12.87

15.31

1.58

3.57

  1. Source: Authors' construct
  2. \({C}_{f, } {C}_{I}, {C}_{ES}, {C}_{EA, } {C}_{P}, \mathrm{and} {C}_{TOT}\) denote emission factor, energy intensity, economic structure, economic activity, population, and sum of sector CO2, respectively