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Ghana — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Ghana, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
35.19%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -19.3% since 1990
Forest area for Ghana was 35.19% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 43.62% in 1990. The lowest was 34.63% in 2015 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.65% per year.
Ghana ranks 88 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 41%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Ghana sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
35.19%
First (1990)
43.62%
Change
-19.3%
Highest
43.62%
in 1990
Lowest
34.63%
in 2015
Average
37.50%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.65%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 35.19% |
| 2022 | 35.16% |
| 2021 | 35.13% |
| 2020 | 35.1% |
| 2019 | 35.07% |
| 2018 | 35.03% |
| 2017 | 35% |
| 2016 | 34.82% |
| 2015 | 34.63% |
| 2014 | 34.69% |
| 2013 | 34.74% |
| 2012 | 34.8% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.