Forest area in Ghana
Forests covered 30.9% of the land area of Ghana in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Ghana, 2024
30.9%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
111th of 209
Forest area in Ghana over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.9% | – |
| 2023 | 30.7% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 30.5% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 30.4% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 30.2% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 30.1% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 29.9% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 29.8% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 29.6% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 29.3% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 29.1% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 29.0% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 28.8% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 28.7% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 28.5% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 28.3% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 28.2% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 28.0% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 27.9% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 27.7% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 27.6% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 27.4% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 27.2% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 27.1% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 30.7% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 29.3%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Ghana has the 111th highest value.