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Ghana: Forest area (% of land area)

30.86percent · 2024+5.4% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for Ghana from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202430.855
202330.698
202230.542
202130.385
202030.228
201930.071
201829.913
201729.756
201629.599
201529.442
201429.285
201329.128
201228.971
201128.814
201028.657
200928.5
200828.343
200728.186
200628.029
200527.872
200427.715
200327.558
200227.401
200127.244
200027.087
199926.93
199826.773
199726.616
199626.459
199526.302
199426.145
199325.988
199225.831
199125.674
199025.517

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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