Belarus vs Ghana: Annual change in forest area

Belarus
26,470 hectares
in 2025
Ghana
35,720 hectares
in 2025
Belarus rank
17th
Ghana rank
15th

Annual change in forest area over time

  • Belarus
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 35,720 hectares against 26,470 hectares in Belarus, a difference of 9,250 hectares.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.3 times Belarus's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 17th and Ghana ranks 15th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in forest area
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.