Ghana vs Jamaica: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Ghana
0.5%
in 2025
Jamaica
0.6%
in 2025
Ghana rank
20th
Jamaica rank
17th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Ghana
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Ghana, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 20th and Jamaica ranks 17th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | -0.0% | 0.6% | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Ghana or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Ghana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Ghana and Jamaica?
- 0.1%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Jamaica?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Ghana and Jamaica rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Ghana ranks 20th and Jamaica ranks 17th of 227 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.