Ghana vs Liberia: Forest area

Ghana
7.06 million hectares
in 2025
Liberia
6.33 million hectares
in 2025
Ghana rank
64th
Liberia rank
67th

Forest area over time

  • Ghana
  • Liberia
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M199020072025

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 7.06 million hectares against 6.33 million hectares in Liberia, a difference of 729,840 hectares.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Liberia ahead.

Ghana ranks 64th and Liberia ranks 67th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
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, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Forest area is land 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.