Ghana vs United Kingdom: Land use

Ghana
7.42 million hectares
in 2023
United Kingdom
6.09 million hectares
in 2023
Ghana rank
44th
United Kingdom rank
47th

Land use over time

  • Ghana
  • United Kingdom
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922023

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 7.42 million hectares against 6.09 million hectares in United Kingdom, a difference of 1.33 million hectares.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Ghana ranks 44th and United Kingdom ranks 47th of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
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
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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