Ghana vs Turkey: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Ghana
0.5%
in 2025
Turkey
0.5%
in 2025
Ghana rank
20th
Turkey rank
19th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Ghana
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Ghana, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 20th and Turkey ranks 19th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Turkey in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Turkey |
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 Turkey?
- Turkey, at 0.5% 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 Turkey?
- 0.0%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Turkey?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Ghana and Turkey rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Ghana ranks 20th and Turkey ranks 19th 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.